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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. How was Colonel Grangerford attired on Sundays?
(a) In a scarlet smoking jacket and matching silk carpet slippers.
(b) In a suit of dazzling pure white.
(c) In a blue tailcoat with brass buttons on it.
(d) In his miliraty uniform.

2. How many logs worth selling do Pap and Huck find?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Nine.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

3. Why do the murderers defer leaving in the skiff?
(a) They want to get Turner's share of the money.
(b) They decide to have a pot of whiskey first.
(c) They are worried about the river currents.
(d) They want to get rid of Turner first.

4. What is unusual about the tracks Huck finds in the snow?
(a) There is a cross in the left boot heel.
(b) There are additional marks made by a spur.
(c) There is a cross in the right boot heel.
(d) The footprints are unusually large and heavy.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the origin of the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons?

2. What action does Jim fear will bring bad luck?

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

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

5. Whose idea of the after-life does Huck favor?

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