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

2. In Chapter 13, what is Jim's attitude to the adventure he and Huck have just experienced?
(a) Compliant. He likes Huck to lead, enjoyed the adventure and falls in with Huck's ideas.
(b) Enthusiastic. He can't wait for the next opportunity, though he does have some criticism.
(c) Ambivalent. He is uncertain about the moral status of what they have just done.
(d) Negative. He didn't enjoy it and doesn't want similar adventures.

3. Why are Huck and Jim unable to land the catfish they caught?
(a) The hook comes adrift.
(b) The fish pulls Jim into the water and he has to be rescued.
(c) The fish is too enormous for them to handle.
(d) The line breaks.

4. What action does Jim fear will bring bad luck?
(a) Pulling floating bread from the river.
(b) Touching a snake's skin.
(c) Spitting into the wind.
(d) Falling over a black cat.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Huck go to cook his supper in Chapter 8?

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

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

5. What is the name of the sunken steamer?

(see the answer key)

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