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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who talks to Jim after his first performance with the Virginia Minstrels?
(a) Grace.
(b) Louise.
(c) Polly.
(d) Maggie.

2. In Chapter 21, at what tree do Jim and Huck get off the road and move into the woods?
(a) Maple.
(b) Elm.
(c) Oak.
(d) Sycamore.

3. What does the duke hit the blacksmith with?
(a) Lash.
(b) Buggy whip.
(c) Rope.
(d) Switch.

4. In Chapter 30, how many times had Jim been in a courtroom?
(a) 4 times.
(b) Twice.
(c) 3 times.
(d) Once.

5. How much does Henderson at the sawmill pay for Jim?
(a) $400.
(b) $450.
(c) $350.
(d) $500.

6. What instrument does Norman play?
(a) Fiddle.
(b) Flute.
(c) Drum.
(d) Banjo.

7. At the end of Chapter 22, how many times does the Duke hit Jim around his thighs?
(a) 10 times or so.
(b) 12.
(c) Not quite 20.
(d) 8.

8. What is the name of the town where Jim decides Norman should try to sell him?
(a) Hoop and Holler.
(b) Bluebird Hole.
(c) Slaughtersville.
(d) Bucksnort.

9. At the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 8, where do Jim and Norman hide on the steamboat?
(a) Storage room.
(b) Hull.
(c) Engine room.
(d) Boiler deck.

10. Where does the Duke whip Easter?
(a) Arm and chest.
(b) Shoulder.
(c) Back and arm.
(d) Leg.

11. What does the man shoveling coal into the furnace on the boat get to eat sometimes?
(a) White bread.
(b) Salt pork.
(c) Cornbread.
(d) Dried jerky.

12. In Chapter 27, what is the name of the tenor Daniel Decatur Emmett lost?
(a) Charles Duncan.
(b) William Stockson.
(c) Andrew Buckets.
(d) Raleigh Nuggets.

13. What city does a woman who comes up to Jim after his first performance with the Virginia Minstrels want to talk about?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Boston.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Detroit.

14. In Part Two, Chapter 3, what does Jim tell Norman to call him when Norman tries to sell him?
(a) February.
(b) Romeo.
(c) June.
(d) Caesar.

15. Before the Mississippi River meets the Ohio River, in what direction is it flowing?
(a) Southeast.
(b) Northeast.
(c) Southwest.
(d) Northwest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Daniel Decatur Emmett offer Wiley for Jim?

2. What time does Wiley come into the livery in Chapter 26 to see how Jim is doing?

3. From where does Norman say Emmett threatened to hang Jim when Emmett learned Jim had run away?

4. How many logs do Jim, Norman, and Sammy manage to push into the water when Henderson and other white men approach?

5. How many times do the bells ring to tell the man shoveling coal into the furnace on the boat to open it up all the way and put all the steam to the wheel?

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