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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these statements is closest to a description of Huck's father?
(a) He has a brutal face with a broken nose and a big scar on his left cheek.
(b) He has wide lips, shaggy hair and very bad breath.
(c) He has a white face, long greasy beard and dark black eyes.
(d) He has a ghostly white face, dribbles through broken teeth and has eyes that once might have been intelligent.

2. How does Huck's practical joke on Jim backfire?
(a) Huck is bitten by a rattlesnake.
(b) Jim is bitten by an actual snake.
(c) Jim is so angry that he attacks Huck.
(d) Jim turns the tables by putting live coals in Huck's bed.

3. What is the oracle that Jim consults?
(a) A crystal ball.
(b) The way a toad reacts when it is prodded with a stick.
(c) A hairball.
(d) A chicken's liver.

4. Who gives new clothes to Pappy?
(a) Miss Watson.
(b) The new Judge.
(c) Huck.
(d) Judge Thatcher.

5. Where does Huck go to cook his supper in Chapter 8?
(a) The Illinois bank of the river.
(b) Close to where he has hidden the canoe.
(c) Deep into the woods.
(d) On the beach facing the Illinois bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Jim fear will bring bad luck?

2. How many logs worth selling do Pap and Huck find?

3. Why are loaves of bread floating down the river?

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

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

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