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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In contrast to the expressions of grief acted by the King and the Duke, what does Huck view as a good thing?
(a) Frankness.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Music.
(d) Capital.

2. According to what Huck tells the King and the Duke, where did his parents come from?
(a) Pike County in Illinois.
(b) Carp County in Illinois.
(c) Orange County in California.
(d) Pike County in Missouri.

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

4. Why are Huck and Jim unable to land the catfish they caught?
(a) The line breaks.
(b) The fish is too enormous for them to handle.
(c) The hook comes adrift.
(d) The fish pulls Jim into the water and he has to be rescued.

5. What convinces the ferry captain to investigate the sinking ship?
(a) Huck's harrowing story of women and children in peril..
(b) The possibility of valuable salvage.
(c) The opportunity for glory in catching murderers.
(d) Huck's story of a good financial reward.

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

7. Why do the murderers defer leaving in the skiff?
(a) They want to get Turner's share of the money.
(b) They are worried about the river currents.
(c) They want to get rid of Turner first.
(d) They decide to have a pot of whiskey first.

8. What illness is supposed to be the problem at the Proctors'?
(a) Mumps.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Scarlet fever.

9. Who is the other person Huck tells Mary Jane in Chapter 28 would be in big trouble?
(a) Jim.
(b) Tom Sawyer.
(c) Harney Shepherdson.
(d) Joanna.

10. What calamity befalls Huck and Jim at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) The canoe is stolen.
(b) The raft is destroyed as they ride over some rapids.
(c) The raft drifts off by itself and is lost.
(d) The raft is destroyed in a collision with a large steamboat.

11. In his stories, what does Jim tell people about his five-cent piece?
(a) Miss Watson gave it to him.
(b) The Devil gave it to him.
(c) He stole it from the Devil.
(d) He found it under a tree.

12. What does Jim confide to Huck in Chapter 23?
(a) That he stole money and jewelry from Miss Watson and has hidden these on Jackson Island.
(b) That he is really a descendent of Thomas Jefferson.
(c) That he didn't realize scarlet fever had made his daughter deaf and punished her for not obeying him.
(d) That he is glad to be away from his family because the children are noisy and disobedient.

13. How can a snag in the river be recognized?
(a) By a swirl and ripple in the water.
(b) Through the appearance of a streak in the water.
(c) By the height of the waves.
(d) By the way it sticks out of the water.

14. What forms the basis of the humorous conversation in Chapter 14?
(a) Huck's American vernacular.
(b) Jim's accent.
(c) Huck's garbled retelling of matter he has just read about.
(d) Huck telling Jim more tall stories.

15. What separates Jim and Huck in the fog?
(a) Some rapids.
(b) Huck loses his lantern and Jim can't see him.
(c) A large island.
(d) A quarrel over food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Name the figurative language used in "the wind was trying to whisper something to me."

2. Where does Huck hide the money in Chapter 27?

3. What is the source of the commotion in the cellar in Chapter 27?

4. In what way is Huck's time with his father spoiled?

5. Which of these statements is closest to a description of Huck's father?

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