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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the sunken steamer?
(a) The Walter Stott.
(b) The Walter Scott.
(c) The Nellie.
(d) The Miss Charlotte.

2. What forms the basis of the humorous conversation in Chapter 14?
(a) Huck's garbled retelling of matter he has just read about.
(b) Jim's accent.
(c) Huck telling Jim more tall stories.
(d) Huck's American vernacular.

3. What is the source of the commotion in the cellar in Chapter 27?
(a) The King and the Duke fighting over the money.
(b) A dog that has found a rat.
(c) A drunken mourner has raided a wine barrell.
(d) A dog has baled up a runaway slave.

4. According to what Huck tells the King and the Duke, where did his parents come from?
(a) Pike County in Missouri.
(b) Pike County in Illinois.
(c) Orange County in California.
(d) Carp County in Illinois.

5. Who has "no more smile to him than there is to a ham"?
(a) The undertaker.
(b) Jim.
(c) Peter.
(d) The King.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what is Jim's attitude to the adventure he and Huck have just experienced?

2. How does Jim react when he first sees Huck in Chapter 8?

3. Why does Huck take a canoe up a 'chute' in Chapter 19?

4. What convinces the ferry captain to investigate the sinking ship?

5. Where does Huck go to cook his supper in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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