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

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

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

4. Why do Huck and Jim leave the baby's bottle in the house?
(a) It contains sour milk and would be diffficult to clean.
(b) They think it contains poison.
(c) It is broken.
(d) It is too small to use as a water bottle.

5. How does Huck's practical joke on Jim backfire?
(a) Jim turns the tables by putting live coals in Huck's bed.
(b) Huck is bitten by a rattlesnake.
(c) Jim is bitten by an actual snake.
(d) Jim is so angry that he attacks Huck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the tracks Huck finds in the snow?

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

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

4. Where had the Grangerfords' beautiful oil cloth table cover come from?

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

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