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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25 | Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jim react when he first sees Huck in Chapter 8?
(a) He's relieved and happy Huck is alive.
(b) He's frightened as he genuinely believes Huck is a ghost.
(c) He thinks Huck is the Devil and is desperately afraid.
(d) He's angry and afraid of being discovered.

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

3. What is the alias Huck uses at the Grangerfords?
(a) Tom Sawyer.
(b) George Jackson.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) George Jameson.

4. What explanation does 'Sarah/Mary' Williams give for her journey?
(a) She has to tell Uncle Abner that her mother is ill and out of money.
(b) She is on her way to visit a sick aunt.
(c) She is running away from an arranged marriage.
(d) She was bringing money to Uncle Abner, but was robbed.

5. How is Jim alerted to the coming lightning storm?
(a) He feels a change in the atmosphere and smells ozone.
(b) He understands clouds and thunderheads.
(c) He goes into a trance and sees a vision of the coming storm.
(d) He has an astute observation of birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Jim fear will bring bad luck?

2. What does Huck call "the horriblest looking outrage I ever see"?

3. In Jim's eyes, how is Huck different?

4. How can a snag in the river be recognized?

5. How does Huck escape from the cabin he has been locked in for three days?

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