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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Jim's eyes, how is Huck different?
(a) Jim says Huck is 'true blue' and is helping him.
(b) Jim thinks Huck is braver than anyone else he knows.
(c) Jim says Huck is the only 'white' person who has ever honored a promise to him.
(d) Jim notes that Huck has little care for money.

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

4. Why do Huck and Jim find themselves riding the river through thick fog in Chapter 15?
(a) The mooring rope has been lost.
(b) They are embarking on a new adventure and want to take risks.
(c) The sapling they use as a mooring is not strong enough to hold the raft.
(d) The fog has come down too suddenly for them to get to shore.

5. What illness is supposed to be the problem at the Proctors'?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Mumps.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Cholera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What calamity befalls Huck and Jim at the end of Chapter 16?

2. Huck's narrative includes the words: "but I was over the shoal water now." This is an example of what sort of figurative language?

3. What is one symbol that the fog represents?

4. What separates Jim and Huck in the fog?

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

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