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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word should Huck have used instead of "dolphin"?
(a) Dapin.
(b) Whale.
(c) Dauphin.
(d) Catfish.

2. Where, on the island, do Huck and Jim hide their belongings?
(a) In bundles secured to treetops.
(b) In a hole dug under a marked tree.
(c) In a cavern.
(d) Inside a hollow log in a clearing.

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

4. How does Huck's practical joke on Jim backfire?
(a) Huck is bitten by a rattlesnake.
(b) Jim is bitten by an actual snake.
(c) Jim is so angry that he attacks Huck.
(d) Jim turns the tables by putting live coals in Huck's bed.

5. In Chapter 13, what is Jim's attitude to the adventure he and Huck have just experienced?
(a) Enthusiastic. He can't wait for the next opportunity, though he does have some criticism.
(b) Ambivalent. He is uncertain about the moral status of what they have just done.
(c) Compliant. He likes Huck to lead, enjoyed the adventure and falls in with Huck's ideas.
(d) Negative. He didn't enjoy it and doesn't want similar adventures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which people did Huck and Tom intend to ambush?

2. Who was allowed to sleep in Emmeline Grangerford's room?

3. What forms the basis of the humorous conversation in Chapter 14?

4. How does Jim react when he first sees Huck in Chapter 8?

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

(see the answer key)

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