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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the King questions him in Chapter 27, what lie does Huck tell?
(a) He claims that 'the niggers were in the King's room'.
(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 undertaken sneaked into the King's room just before the funeral.

2. Where does Huck hide the money in Chapter 27?
(a) In Peter's coffin.
(b) Under Peter's bed.
(c) In Joanna's room.
(d) On the raft.

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

4. What makes Huck squirm in Chapter 30?
(a) Seeing Jim dressed as an Arab.
(b) The dinner that has disagreed with him.
(c) Thinking about the lies he's been telling.
(d) Hearing his lie about the Wilks slaves being repeated.

5. Why is Huck worried when the coffin lid is screwed on?
(a) He thinks maybe the rat got in there.
(b) He doesn't know whether or not the bag of money is still in the coffin.
(c) He thinks perhaps he'll receive a beating from the Duke.
(d) He knows he will soon be found out by Mary Jane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says: "It's lovely to live on a raft"?

2. What does Huck do with the canoe when he reaches Jackson's Island?

3. Why do the murderers defer leaving in the skiff?

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

5. How soon do the King and the Duke make up their quarrel in Chapter 30?

(see the answer key)

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