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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose idea of the after-life does Huck favor?
(a) Miss Watson's.
(b) His father's.
(c) Tom Sawyer's.
(d) The widow's.

2. As he chases Huck around the cabin, brandishing a knife, what does Pappy call his son?
(a) A freak of nature who belongs in Hell.
(b) The Devil incarnate.
(c) The Angel of Death.
(d) A right nasty varmint.

3. What does Huck do with the canoe when he reaches Jackson's Island?
(a) He lets it drift down the river.
(b) He hauls it way up the bank and hides it in some woods.
(c) He scuttles it.
(d) He conceals it under willow branches.

4. Why are Huck and Jim unable to land the catfish they caught?
(a) The fish pulls Jim into the water and he has to be rescued.
(b) The fish is too enormous for them to handle.
(c) The line breaks.
(d) The hook comes adrift.

5. How does Huck escape from the cabin he has been locked in for three days?
(a) He smashes a window and climbs out.
(b) He climbs up the inside of the chimney.
(c) He prizes up the floorboards and escapes that way.
(d) He saws his way out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these statements is closest to a description of Huck's father?

2. Name the figurative language used in "the wind was trying to whisper something to me."

3. Why is his father annoyed with Huck in Chapter 5?

4. How does Huck's practical joke on Jim backfire?

5. Where does Huck go to cook his supper in Chapter 8?

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