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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the King questions him in Chapter 27, what lie does Huck tell?
(a) He claims that the undertaken sneaked into the King's room just before the funeral.
(b) He claims to have seen Jim and Mary Jane talking to a strange man in a yellow coat.
(c) He claims that Joanna and Susan were in the King's room.
(d) He claims that 'the niggers were in the King's room'.

3. How soon do the King and the Duke make up their quarrel in Chapter 30?
(a) In half an hour.
(b) In an hour.
(c) They don't: they become sworn enemies.
(d) By next morning.

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

5. How does Jim react when he first sees Huck in Chapter 8?
(a) He's frightened as he genuinely believes Huck is a ghost.
(b) He's relieved and happy Huck is alive.
(c) He thinks Huck is the Devil and is desperately afraid.
(d) He's angry and afraid of being discovered.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can a snag in the river be recognized?

2. Where does Huck hide the money in Chapter 27?

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

4. What happens two days after the funeral?

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

(see the answer key)

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