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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. At what point do Huck and Tom enter Jim's cabin?
(a) Under his bed.
(b) Beside the fireplace.
(c) In front of the door.
(d) At the foot of Jim's bed.

5. With the case-knives not working, what does Tom then choose for digging tools?
(a) Picks.
(b) Spades.
(c) Rakes.
(d) Hoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What separates Jim and Huck in the fog?

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

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

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

5. What time is it when the boys become too tired to carry on?

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