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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What first alerts Mrs. Loftus to the fact that 'Sarah/Mary' is a boy?
(a) Huck does not thread a needle in a feminine way.
(b) His fingernails are dirty.
(c) She sees that he has some fuzz on his cheeks and chin.
(d) He doesn't walk daintily in a dress.

2. Where does Colonel Sherburn stand to protect himself in Chapter 22?
(a) At the front door of his house.
(b) Behind the wood-heap.
(c) Behind his front gate.
(d) On the roof of his front porch.

3. Why is Huck pleased he chose to hide behind the curtain and not under the bed in Chapter 26?
(a) Because he enjoys the perfume in Mary Jane's dresses.
(b) Because there is a smelly chamber pot under the bed.
(c) Because he can actually see what the King and the Duke are up to.
(d) Because the first thing the duke does is to look under the bed.

4. How was Colonel Grangerford attired on Sundays?
(a) In a scarlet smoking jacket and matching silk carpet slippers.
(b) In a suit of dazzling pure white.
(c) In his miliraty uniform.
(d) In a blue tailcoat with brass buttons on it.

5. What happens two days after the funeral?
(a) The King preaches a sermon.
(b) The King puts the property and slaves up for sale.
(c) The King borrows a substantial sum of money.
(d) Huck digs up the coffin.

6. What is the name of the sunken steamer?
(a) The Walter Scott.
(b) The Miss Charlotte.
(c) The Nellie.
(d) The Walter Stott.

7. Why does Huck lose interest in Moses?
(a) The Widow Douglas reads poorly.
(b) Huck is an atheist and hates Bible stories.
(c) Moses is dead and Huck is interested only in the living
(d) He dislikes Moses' character.

8. Why isn't Lawyer Bell present in Chapter 25?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He is out hunting.
(c) He is on holiday in New Orleans.
(d) He is on business in Louisville.

9. Who was allowed to sleep in Emmeline Grangerford's room?
(a) Huck.
(b) Harney Shepherson.
(c) Guests from New Orleans.
(d) No one.

10. How does Huck give himself thinking time when questions about England become awkward?
(a) He pretends to choke on a chicken bone.
(b) He says there's a mouse under the table.
(c) He pretends to sneeze.
(d) He has a drink of water.

11. Where, on the island, do Huck and Jim hide their belongings?
(a) In a cavern.
(b) Inside a hollow log in a clearing.
(c) In bundles secured to treetops.
(d) In a hole dug under a marked tree.

12. What explanation does Huck give for having the gun in his hands?
(a) He says he was checking to see if it was loaded.
(b) He tells his father someone was trying to break into the cabin.
(c) He says he was about to go and shoot a wild hog.
(d) He tells his father he was being helpful by cleaning the gun.

13. Why is his father annoyed with Huck in Chapter 5?
(a) Huck is not progressing quickly enough at school.
(b) Huck put his money where his father couldn't get it.
(c) He doesn't like Huck's airs, nor does he like Huck being educated.
(d) Huck is too friendly with Jim.

14. How many logs worth selling do Pap and Huck find?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Nine.

15. What is unusual about the tracks Huck finds in the snow?
(a) There is a cross in the left boot heel.
(b) There are additional marks made by a spur.
(c) There is a cross in the right boot heel.
(d) The footprints are unusually large and heavy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do they all make good their escape from the villagers in Chapter 23?

2. What is one symbol that the fog represents?

3. How does Huck augment his and Jim's diet of river fish and shot waterfowl?

4. What calamity befalls Huck and Jim at the end of Chapter 16?

5. Where does Huck go to cook his supper in Chapter 8?

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