View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Huck go to cook his supper in Chapter 8?
(a) Close to where he has hidden the canoe.
(b) On the beach facing the Illinois bank.
(c) Deep into the woods.
(d) The Illinois bank of the river.

5. What convinces the ferry captain to investigate the sinking ship?
(a) Huck's harrowing story of women and children in peril..
(b) The possibility of valuable salvage.
(c) Huck's story of a good financial reward.
(d) The opportunity for glory in catching murderers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Huck do with his money?

3. Who was allowed to sleep in Emmeline Grangerford's room?

4. Why are Huck and Jim unable to land the catfish they caught?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 358 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample