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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Huck think is "the lonesomest sound in the whole world"?
(a) The hum of a spinning-wheel.
(b) The cry of a whippoorwill.
(c) The lapping of water at midnight.
(d) The baying of hounds.

2. According to what Huck tells the King and the Duke, where did his parents come from?
(a) Carp County in Illinois.
(b) Pike County in Illinois.
(c) Pike County in Missouri.
(d) Orange County in California.

3. Who built Silas Phelps' church?
(a) He had the building floated in from Baton Rouge.
(b) He raised money in the village.
(c) He obtained funds from the Unitarians.
(d) He built it himself.

4. Who suggests telling Uncle Harvey about Mary Jane and the mumps?
(a) Huck.
(b) The Duke.
(c) Joanna.
(d) Susan.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many mottoes does Tom devise for Jim's coat-of-arms?

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

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

5. Why is Silas Phelps scared?

(see the answer key)

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