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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why isn't Lawyer Bell present in Chapter 25?
(a) He is on holiday in New Orleans.
(b) He is on business in Louisville.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He is out hunting.

2. What excuse does Huck give the King for his flight from the cemetery?
(a) He claims he was warned he could be hanged.
(b) He was worried about Joanna and wanted to find her.
(c) He was worried about Jim all alone on the raft.
(d) He needed to get away from the crowds.

3. Why didn't Huck mind Uncle Silas' long blessing?
(a) He was becoming religious.
(b) He had taken a great liking to Uncle Silas.
(c) He didn't listen.
(d) The food was so good.

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

5. What does Jim confide to Huck in Chapter 23?
(a) That he is really a descendent of Thomas Jefferson.
(b) That he stole money and jewelry from Miss Watson and has hidden these on Jackson Island.
(c) That he didn't realize scarlet fever had made his daughter deaf and punished her for not obeying him.
(d) That he is glad to be away from his family because the children are noisy and disobedient.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the stranger from Hicksville?

2. What does Huck think is "the lonesomest sound in the whole world"?

3. What is the origin of the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons?

4. What is the name of the sunken steamer?

5. Why do Huck and Jim find themselves riding the river through thick fog in Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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