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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 the streets of the 'one horse town' empty?
(a) It is a ghost town.
(b) The town is under quarantine.
(c) It is siesta time.
(d) Most people have gone to the camp meeting.

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

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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