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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was allowed to sleep in Emmeline Grangerford's room?
(a) Harney Shepherson.
(b) Guests from New Orleans.
(c) No one.
(d) Huck.

2. What does Huck do with his money?
(a) He gives the money to an anti-slavery movement.
(b) He asks Judge Thatcher to give it to the Widow.
(c) He signs the entire amount to Judge Thatcher.
(d) He asks Judge Thatcher to invest all the money in pork bellies.

3. What does Huck think is "the lonesomest sound in the whole world"?
(a) The baying of hounds.
(b) The cry of a whippoorwill.
(c) The lapping of water at midnight.
(d) The hum of a spinning-wheel.

4. How has Jim been attempting to test the authenticity of the King's story?
(a) By inspecting him for a regal birthmark.
(b) By asking him about Marie Antionette.
(c) By asking him about his sea voyage to America.
(d) By trying to get him to speak French.

5. Why is Silas Phelps scared?
(a) He thinks something dreadful has happened to the boat.
(b) He has received a stern letter from his bank manager.
(c) He thinks he has an illness.
(d) He has been to the Nonsuch and doesn't want Sally to find out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Mrs. Loftus give Huck regarding his 'murder'?

2. Where does the King lay the blame for the missing money?

3. What first alerts Mrs. Loftus to the fact that 'Sarah/Mary' is a boy?

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

5. What explanation does 'Sarah/Mary' Williams give for her journey?

(see the answer key)

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