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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 name of the sunken steamer?
(a) The Walter Stott.
(b) The Nellie.
(c) The Walter Scott.
(d) The Miss Charlotte.

2. What happens two days after the funeral?
(a) The King borrows a substantial sum of money.
(b) The King puts the property and slaves up for sale.
(c) The King preaches a sermon.
(d) Huck digs up the coffin.

3. In Chapter 35, what does Tom instruct Huck to do?
(a) Steal a knife.
(b) Steal some food.
(c) Steal three knives.
(d) Leave the back door open.

4. What illness is supposed to be the problem at the Proctors'?
(a) Mumps.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Cholera.

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. Whose idea of the after-life does Huck favor?

2. What does Huck do with the canoe when he reaches Jackson's Island?

3. What does Huck think is "the lonesomest sound in the whole world"?

4. What convinces the ferry captain to investigate the sinking ship?

5. Why are Huck and Jim unable to land the catfish they caught?

(see the answer key)

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