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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. How does the doctor rate Huck as a liar?
(a) Poorly.
(b) Excellently.
(c) He is unaware that Huck is telling lies.
(d) Very creative at it.

2. Where was Aunt Sally's apron in Chapter 37?
(a) On the clothes-line.
(b) Hanging on a chair.
(c) She was wearing it.
(d) In a closet.

3. How does Tom arrive back at the Phelps farm in Chapter 42?
(a) In a wheelchair.
(b) On horseback.
(c) Carried on a mattress.
(d) In a cart.

4. What doesn't Tom Sawyer like about Huck's plan for releasing Jim?
(a) It is too simple.
(b) It is dangerous.
(c) It will result in too much noise.
(d) It is too complicated.

5. Why is Aunt Sally cross in Chapter 37?
(a) She can't find a shirt belonging to Uncle Silas.
(b) The stove has gone out.
(c) She can't find her apron.
(d) Nobody remembered to chop wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 32, who does Huck say gave him breakfast?

2. Why isn't Jim able to sleep in Chapter 39?

3. What is the problem with Jim being imprisoned in a log cabin?

4. For what reason is Peter Wilks' body to be exhumed?

5. Why does Tom Sawyer say "H'aint ever done you no harm"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the opening paragraph of Chapter 31 foreshadow following events?

2. Who is made a scapegoat in the matter of the spoons and the rats?

3. What techniques does Twain employ Chapter 35 to create humor?

4. Is there any way in which Tom Sawyer's character appears a little unpleasant at this point in the novel (by Chapter 35)?

5. In what way does Huck get more than he's bargained for at the Phelps farm?

6. What steps in Huck's journey to maturity are dealt with Chapter 31?

7. What final absurdity does Tom attempt in Chapter 40?

8. In what interesting way does the arrival of Tom Sawyer in Chapter 33 develop the narrative?

9. Comment on the way in which Tom and Huck confuse the slave who is guarding Jim.

10. In what way is Huck's and Tom's relationship changing by Chapter 36?

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