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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What explanation does Huck give for having the gun in his hands?
(a) He tells his father someone was trying to break into the cabin.
(b) He says he was about to go and shoot a wild hog.
(c) He says he was checking to see if it was loaded.
(d) He tells his father he was being helpful by cleaning the gun.

2. 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 lets it drift down the river.
(c) He conceals it under willow branches.
(d) He scuttles it.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Jim been attempting to test the authenticity of the King's story?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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