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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the other person Huck tells Mary Jane in Chapter 28 would be in big trouble?
(a) Jim.
(b) Tom Sawyer.
(c) Joanna.
(d) Harney Shepherdson.

2. According to Huck, what delayed his steamer?
(a) It had to circle around to pick up a passenger who'd fallen overboard.
(b) It ran aground.
(c) It blew a cylinder head.
(d) It was held up by bad weather.

3. What is the problem with Jim being imprisoned in a log cabin?
(a) There is no rock on which he can trace his coat-of-arms.
(b) It is very cold there at night.
(c) There is nowhere for Huck and Tom to hide should someone come by.
(d) It is easy for others to hear what is going on inside it.

4. Why are loaves of bread floating down the river?
(a) People believe bread thrown in the water will prevent more drownings.
(b) People believe bread dabbed with quicksilver will float to a corpse.
(c) A bread cart has fallen off a bridge.
(d) An angry chef has thrown loaves of bread from a river steamer.

5. Who has "no more smile to him than there is to a ham"?
(a) The King.
(b) Peter.
(c) Jim.
(d) The undertaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests telling Uncle Harvey about Mary Jane and the mumps?

2. Who built Silas Phelps' church?

3. According to Tom, what is the problem with Jim's captivity?

4. Why does Huck take a canoe up a 'chute' in Chapter 19?

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

(see the answer key)

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