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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Huck want Mary Jane to leave before breakfast?
(a) She'll be able to arrive at the Lothrops' place before the heat of the day.
(b) He knows the expression on her face will show the King and the Duke that she is onto them.
(c) He knows there is better food at the Lothrop place.
(d) He is afraid Mary Jane will confront the King and slap his face.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the other person Huck tells Mary Jane in Chapter 28 would be in big trouble?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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