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

2. Which people did Huck and Tom intend to ambush?
(a) Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.
(b) Magicians.
(c) Gypsies.
(d) Arabs.

3. Where had the Grangerfords' beautiful oil cloth table cover come from?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) New York.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What forms the basis of the humorous conversation in Chapter 14?

2. How does Jim react when he first sees Huck in Chapter 8?

3. What does Huck do with the canoe when he reaches Jackson's Island?

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

5. What is Huck's reaction to the widow's prayer?

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