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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What calamity befalls Huck and Jim at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) The raft drifts off by itself and is lost.
(b) The raft is destroyed in a collision with a large steamboat.
(c) The raft is destroyed as they ride over some rapids.
(d) The canoe is stolen.

2. How do Huck and Tom exit the house in Chapter 36?
(a) Through the front window.
(b) Out the back door.
(c) Down the lightning rod.
(d) Through the storm cellar.

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

4. What is one symbol that the fog represents?
(a) Journeying into the unknown.
(b) The confusion inside Huck's head.
(c) The power of the river.
(d) A supernatural presence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness is supposed to be the problem at the Proctors'?

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

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

4. In Chapter 28, where was the auction held?

5. With the case-knives not working, what does Tom then choose for digging tools?

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