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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the problem with Jim keeping a journal?
(a) He cannot write.
(b) He has no pen.
(c) He will lose it.
(d) They are too far from the shops to buy one.

2. How was Colonel Grangerford attired on Sundays?
(a) In a blue tailcoat with brass buttons on it.
(b) In his miliraty uniform.
(c) In a suit of dazzling pure white.
(d) In a scarlet smoking jacket and matching silk carpet slippers.

3. What convinces the ferry captain to investigate the sinking ship?
(a) The possibility of valuable salvage.
(b) Huck's harrowing story of women and children in peril..
(c) The opportunity for glory in catching murderers.
(d) Huck's story of a good financial reward.

4. What secret does Huck share with Tom in Chapter 33?
(a) That he is trying to steal Jim out of slavery.
(b) That the King and the Duke are after him.
(c) That he has money hidden away.
(d) The place where the raft is hidden.

5. What does Jim confide to Huck in Chapter 23?
(a) That he stole money and jewelry from Miss Watson and has hidden these on Jackson Island.
(b) That he is glad to be away from his family because the children are noisy and disobedient.
(c) That he is really a descendent of Thomas Jefferson.
(d) That he didn't realize scarlet fever had made his daughter deaf and punished her for not obeying him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What falls out of Uncle Silas's hat?

2. How soon do the King and the Duke make up their quarrel in Chapter 30?

3. What is the problem with Jim being imprisoned in a log cabin?

4. What was Peter Wilks's occupation?

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

(see the answer key)

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