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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the King questions him in Chapter 27, what lie does Huck tell?
(a) He claims that 'the niggers were in the King's room'.
(b) He claims to have seen Jim and Mary Jane talking to a strange man in a yellow coat.
(c) He claims that the undertaken sneaked into the King's room just before the funeral.
(d) He claims that Joanna and Susan were in the King's room.

2. What is the origin of the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons?
(a) No one seems to know, as it started so long ago.
(b) There was a dispute over the river landing stage.
(c) There was a romance between a Shepherdson and a Grangerford.
(d) There was a dispute over land.

3. Huck's narrative includes the words: "but I was over the shoal water now." This is an example of what sort of figurative language?
(a) Exaggeration.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Personification.

4. How do Huck and Jim first conceal themselves on the Illinois shore?
(a) They hide in a ditch.
(b) They dig a shelter on the riverbank.
(c) They stay on the raft that they have covered with branches.
(d) They hide in a cottonwood thicket.

5. In Chapter 28, where was the auction held?
(a) In the church hall.
(b) On the porch of the house.
(c) On the veranda of the general store.
(d) In the public square.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what is Jim's attitude to the adventure he and Huck have just experienced?

2. What is Huck's reaction to the widow's prayer?

3. Why are Huck and Jim unable to land the catfish they caught?

4. What are yallarboys?

5. What forms the basis of the humorous conversation in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Twain satirize popular literature in Chapter 17?

2. Why is Huck not overly concerned about the auction of the Wilks property?

3. How might Pappy's rejection of Huck's achievements at school be explained?

4. How do readers know that Huck feels deeply for Mary Jane?

5. How does Twainagain explore the idea of conscience in Chapter 23?

6. What does Chapter 4 show the reader about Huckleberry Finn's character?

7. What is the difference between the fraud practiced by the self-styled 'duke' and 'king' and the lies told by Huck?

8. How do Jim and Huck survive as they travel down the river on the raft?

9. How does Joanna demonstrate that she has intelligence and a healthy skepticism?

10. How does Huck discover that the local authorities are in pursuit of Jim?

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