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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What excuse does Huck give the King for his flight from the cemetery?
(a) He claims he was warned he could be hanged.
(b) He was worried about Joanna and wanted to find her.
(c) He was worried about Jim all alone on the raft.
(d) He needed to get away from the crowds.

2. According to Tom, what is the problem with Jim's captivity?
(a) Difficulties have to be invented.
(b) Getting past the other slaves.
(c) Difficulties could make it impossible to achieve.
(d) Getting across the moat.

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

4. What is the origin of the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons?
(a) There was a romance between a Shepherdson and a Grangerford.
(b) There was a dispute over land.
(c) No one seems to know, as it started so long ago.
(d) There was a dispute over the river landing stage.

5. What is the alias Huck uses at the Grangerfords?
(a) George Jameson.
(b) Tom Sawyer.
(c) George Jackson.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of enterprise does the Phelps family have?

2. How has Jim been attempting to test the authenticity of the King's story?

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

4. Why does Huck say in Chapter 32 that he needs to make a trip to town?

5. Why is Huck worried when the coffin lid is screwed on?

(see the answer key)

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