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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the source of the commotion in the cellar in Chapter 27?
(a) A dog has baled up a runaway slave.
(b) The King and the Duke fighting over the money.
(c) A drunken mourner has raided a wine barrell.
(d) A dog that has found a rat.

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

4. What does the Duke threaten to do to the King if he lies again?
(a) To drown him.
(b) To take his whiskey away from him.
(c) To strip him and push him overboard.
(d) To tar and feather him.

5. Who is the stranger from Hicksville?
(a) Judge Thatcher.
(b) Harvey Wilks.
(c) Tom Sawyer.
(d) Huckleberry Finn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word should Huck have used instead of "dolphin"?

2. Who suggests telling Uncle Harvey about Mary Jane and the mumps?

3. What suggests that Jim is only playing along with the two boys in their outrageous escape plan?

4. What illness is supposed to be the problem at the Proctors'?

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

(see the answer key)

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