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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 dresses in Aunt Sally's clothes in Chapter 40?
(a) Tom.
(b) Aunt Sally.
(c) Jim.
(d) Huck.
2. In Chapter 35, what does Tom instruct Huck to do?
(a) Leave the back door open.
(b) Steal some food.
(c) Steal a knife.
(d) Steal three knives.
3. What secret does Huck share with Tom in Chapter 33?
(a) That he is trying to steal Jim out of slavery.
(b) The place where the raft is hidden.
(c) That he has money hidden away.
(d) That the King and the Duke are after him.
4. How many gun-toting farmers were in the sitting-room in Chapter 40?
(a) Five.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.
5. What time is it when the boys become too tired to carry on?
(a) Two in the morning.
(b) Four in the morning.
(c) Around midnight.
(d) Supper-time.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the King do after his confession?
2. For what reason is Peter Wilks' body to be exhumed?
3. Why is there no reply to the letters Uncle Silas sends the plantation owners?
4. How do Huck and Tom exit the house in Chapter 36?
5. In Chapter 32, who does Huck say gave him breakfast?
Short Essay Questions
1. By what means does Twain resolve the complicated story that is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
2. What happens to expose the King's lie about his arrival in the town?
3. Comment upon the serious layer of meaning in the escapade to free Jim.
4. When responding Chapter 42, what conclusion is it possible to make concerning a romantic view of the world?
5. What final absurdity does Tom attempt in Chapter 40?
6. How does Huck intend to deal with the problem of the arrival of the real Tom Sawyer?
7. Comment on Tom's proposed plans to recompense and appease Jim, who has suffered the most from Tom's absurd endeavors.
8. In what way does the opening paragraph of Chapter 31 foreshadow following events?
9. How does Tom overreach himself in his elaborate construction of fantasy in Chapter 39?
10. Account for the way the townspeople now view Jim as some sort of lunatic in Chapter 41.
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