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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose idea of the after-life does Huck favor?
(a) Miss Watson's.
(b) His father's.
(c) Tom Sawyer's.
(d) The widow's.

2. What does Huck do with his money?
(a) He signs the entire amount to Judge Thatcher.
(b) He asks Judge Thatcher to give it to the Widow.
(c) He asks Judge Thatcher to invest all the money in pork bellies.
(d) He gives the money to an anti-slavery movement.

3. 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 checking to see if it was loaded.
(c) He says he was about to go and shoot a wild hog.
(d) He tells his father he was being helpful by cleaning the gun.

4. What is Huck's reaction to the widow's prayer?
(a) He takes it seriously and vows to attend church.
(b) He ridicules prayer because he can't see how it helps people.
(c) He takes it seriously and goes off to the forest to think about it
(d) He decides to test prayer by praying for impossible things.

5. What is the origin of the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons?
(a) There was a dispute over the river landing stage.
(b) There was a romance between a Shepherdson and a Grangerford.
(c) There was a dispute over land.
(d) No one seems to know, as it started so long ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are loaves of bread floating down the river?

2. What is the name of the sunken steamer?

3. Where had the Grangerfords' beautiful oil cloth table cover come from?

4. How does Huck's practical joke on Jim backfire?

5. Where does Huck take refuge during the gunfight after Sophia's elopement?

(see the answer key)

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