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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. Why does Huck think he has no money left?
(a) He imagines his father has obtained the money from Judge Thatcher and spent it all on drink.
(b) His father has probably stolen it.
(c) Judge Thatcher has not invested it wisely.
(d) He's had to pay for damage to the steam-boat that ran over the raft.

2. Who does Tom say almost spoiled their adventure?
(a) Jim.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Aunt Sally.
(d) Uncle Silas.

3. What does Huck see behind the smokehouse in Chapter 35?
(a) An old rusty saw.
(b) A case knife.
(c) Someone snooping.
(d) The Duke.

4. What injury has the real William Wilks sustained?
(a) A cut to the forehead.
(b) A laceration to his foot.
(c) A broken arm.
(d) A broken elbow.

5. Who keeps hold of Huck's hand in Chapter 29?
(a) The doctor.
(b) Joanna.
(c) The lawyer.
(d) Susan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had Tom planned to compensate Jim for the problems he caused him?

2. What excuse does Huck give the King for his flight from the cemetery?

3. What are the clues that there is someone in the ash hopper?

4. How does Tom arrive back at the Phelps farm in Chapter 42?

5. What prevents Jim from being hanged?

Short Essay Questions

1. What techniques does Twain employ Chapter 35 to create humor?

2. In what way is Huck's and Tom's relationship changing by Chapter 36?

3. What final absurdity does Tom attempt in Chapter 40?

4. Comment on the way in which Tom and Huck confuse the slave who is guarding Jim.

5. How does Aunt Sally respond to Huck's information about the way the boys entered and exited via the lightning rod?

6. By Chapter 38, what is Jim's attitude to the efforts being made on his behalf?

7. By what means does Twain resolve the complicated story that is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

8. Account for the way the townspeople now view Jim as some sort of lunatic in Chapter 41.

9. What human vice ironically provides the means for Huck and the con men to escape after the Wilks fraud?

10. What is ironic about Huck's comment to Tom: "Your head gets leveler and leveler all the time"?

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