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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives new clothes to Pappy?
(a) Huck.
(b) Judge Thatcher.
(c) Miss Watson.
(d) The new Judge.

2. Which alias does the Duke adopt for the performance?
(a) An actor called David Garrick the Younger.
(b) An actor called Thoman Kean the incredible.
(c) An actor called David Garrick the Elder.
(d) An actor called Billie Langtry.

3. Where does Huck go to cook his supper in Chapter 8?
(a) Close to where he has hidden the canoe.
(b) Deep into the woods.
(c) On the beach facing the Illinois bank.
(d) The Illinois bank of the river.

4. Who pumps Huck for information about England?
(a) Jim.
(b) Mary Jane.
(c) The King.
(d) Joanna.

5. What is the alias Huck uses at the Grangerfords?
(a) George Jackson.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) Tom Sawyer.
(d) George Jameson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which encores does the Duke suggest Chapter 21?

2. What first alerts Mrs. Loftus to the fact that 'Sarah/Mary' is a boy?

3. What is the origin of the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons?

4. How do Huck and Jim first conceal themselves on the Illinois shore?

5. Why do Huck and Jim leave the baby's bottle in the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Huck consider moving the money from its hiding-place in Peter Wilks' coffin?

2. How does Twain satirize popular literature in Chapter 17?

3. Comment on Huck's experience of prayer in Chapter 3.

4. In what ways are the scoundrels able to gain favor with the Wilks girls and the townsfolk?

5. What is significant about the murder of Boggs?

6. How does Huck discover that the local authorities are in pursuit of Jim?

7. What traits does Huck demonstrate in Chapter 7?

8. What is Huck's initial attitude towards Jim?

9. How might Pappy's rejection of Huck's achievements at school be explained?

10. Comment upon Huck's observation that, in the present situation, "the truth is better, and actuly safer, than a lie."

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