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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What first alerts Mrs. Loftus to the fact that 'Sarah/Mary' is a boy?
(a) His fingernails are dirty.
(b) Huck does not thread a needle in a feminine way.
(c) He doesn't walk daintily in a dress.
(d) She sees that he has some fuzz on his cheeks and chin.

2. What has been bringing many people to town in Chapter 21?
(a) A performance of opera.
(b) A circus.
(c) A salesman selling a new embrocation.
(d) A traveling freak show.

3. Why can't Tom get back up the lightning rod?
(a) The lightning rod is cold and slippery.
(b) Huck broke it.
(c) His hands are too sore.
(d) There's danger he might be seen.

4. Why is Huck feeling "mean and miserable" in Chapter 15?
(a) He knows he has been mean to Jim.
(b) He is troubled by his conscience.
(c) He is hungry and cold.
(d) He is lonely.

5. Why does Tom Sawyer say "H'aint ever done you no harm"?
(a) He thinks Huck is a ghost come to haunt him.
(b) He fears Huck will blackmail him about Jim.
(c) He thinks Huck is about to steal his horse.
(d) He thinks Huck is about to assault him.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what point do Huck and Tom enter Jim's cabin?

2. What is the slave guard afraid of?

3. How do Huck and Jim enter the wrecked ship?

4. What secret does Huck share with Tom in Chapter 33?

5. Why does Huck want Mary Jane to leave before breakfast?

(see the answer key)

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