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

2. Why are loaves of bread floating down the river?
(a) People believe bread dabbed with quicksilver will float to a corpse.
(b) An angry chef has thrown loaves of bread from a river steamer.
(c) People believe bread thrown in the water will prevent more drownings.
(d) A bread cart has fallen off a bridge.

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

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

5. How is Jim alerted to the coming lightning storm?
(a) He has an astute observation of birds.
(b) He feels a change in the atmosphere and smells ozone.
(c) He understands clouds and thunderheads.
(d) He goes into a trance and sees a vision of the coming storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Huck and Jim leave the baby's bottle in the house?

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

3. In Chapter 13, what is Jim's attitude to the adventure he and Huck have just experienced?

4. Where, on the island, do Huck and Jim hide their belongings?

5. Why do the murderers defer leaving in the skiff?

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