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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the other person Huck tells Mary Jane in Chapter 28 would be in big trouble?
(a) Jim.
(b) Harney Shepherdson.
(c) Tom Sawyer.
(d) Joanna.

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

4. What separates Jim and Huck in the fog?
(a) Some rapids.
(b) Huck loses his lantern and Jim can't see him.
(c) A large island.
(d) A quarrel over food.

5. 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) Simile.
(b) Personification.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Exaggeration.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In Jim's eyes, how is Huck different?

5. What sociable activity do Jim and the boys share in Chapter 36?

(see the answer key)

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