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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. What is Huck's reaction to the widow's prayer?
(a) He ridicules prayer because he can't see how it helps people.
(b) He takes it seriously and vows to attend church.
(c) He decides to test prayer by praying for impossible things.
(d) He takes it seriously and goes off to the forest to think about it

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

3. Where, on the island, do Huck and Jim hide their belongings?
(a) In a cavern.
(b) Inside a hollow log in a clearing.
(c) In bundles secured to treetops.
(d) In a hole dug under a marked tree.

4. Why do Huck and Jim leave the baby's bottle in the house?
(a) They think it contains poison.
(b) It contains sour milk and would be diffficult to clean.
(c) It is broken.
(d) It is too small to use as a water bottle.

5. What action does Jim fear will bring bad luck?
(a) Falling over a black cat.
(b) Pulling floating bread from the river.
(c) Touching a snake's skin.
(d) Spitting into the wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is his father annoyed with Huck in Chapter 5?

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

3. What explanation does Huck give for having the gun in his hands?

4. How does Jim react when he first sees Huck in Chapter 8?

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

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