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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. How does Jim react when he first sees Huck in Chapter 8?
(a) He's relieved and happy Huck is alive.
(b) He thinks Huck is the Devil and is desperately afraid.
(c) He's frightened as he genuinely believes Huck is a ghost.
(d) He's angry and afraid of being discovered.

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

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

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

5. 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 goes into a trance and sees a vision of the coming storm.
(d) He feels a change in the atmosphere and smells ozone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was allowed to sleep in Emmeline Grangerford's room?

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

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

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

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