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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. What word should Huck have used instead of "dolphin"?
(a) Catfish.
(b) Dapin.
(c) Dauphin.
(d) Whale.

2. What does Huck do with the canoe when he reaches Jackson's Island?
(a) He lets it drift down the river.
(b) He conceals it under willow branches.
(c) He hauls it way up the bank and hides it in some woods.
(d) He scuttles it.

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

4. Who was allowed to sleep in Emmeline Grangerford's room?
(a) Huck.
(b) No one.
(c) Harney Shepherson.
(d) Guests from New Orleans.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was Colonel Grangerford attired on Sundays?

3. What explanation does Huck give for having the gun in his hands?

4. What does Huck do with his money?

5. What is the name of the sunken steamer?

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