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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are loaves of bread floating down the river?
(a) People believe bread dabbed with quicksilver will float to a corpse.
(b) People believe bread thrown in the water will prevent more drownings.
(c) An angry chef has thrown loaves of bread from a river steamer.
(d) A bread cart has fallen off a bridge.

2. What excuse does Huck give the King for his flight from the cemetery?
(a) He claims he was warned he could be hanged.
(b) He needed to get away from the crowds.
(c) He was worried about Jim all alone on the raft.
(d) He was worried about Joanna and wanted to find her.

3. Why does Huck take a canoe up a 'chute' in Chapter 19?
(a) To find some berries.
(b) To steal a chicken.
(c) To evade Pappy.
(d) To find Jim.

4. In Chapter 13, what is Jim's attitude to the adventure he and Huck have just experienced?
(a) Compliant. He likes Huck to lead, enjoyed the adventure and falls in with Huck's ideas.
(b) Ambivalent. He is uncertain about the moral status of what they have just done.
(c) Enthusiastic. He can't wait for the next opportunity, though he does have some criticism.
(d) Negative. He didn't enjoy it and doesn't want similar adventures.

5. What does Huck do with the canoe when he reaches Jackson's Island?
(a) He lets it drift down the river.
(b) He scuttles it.
(c) He hauls it way up the bank and hides it in some woods.
(d) He conceals it under willow branches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has "no more smile to him than there is to a ham"?

2. What is the source of the commotion in the cellar in Chapter 27?

3. In Chapter 30, what do the King and the Duke accuse each other of doing?

4. What forms the basis of the humorous conversation in Chapter 14?

5. How many logs worth selling do Pap and Huck find?

(see the answer key)

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