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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. How does Jim react when he first sees Huck in Chapter 8?
(a) He's frightened as he genuinely believes Huck is a ghost.
(b) He thinks Huck is the Devil and is desperately afraid.
(c) He's relieved and happy Huck is alive.
(d) He's angry and afraid of being discovered.

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

3. What idea is it that Huck and his friends don't fully understand [when forming their gang and making plans]?
(a) Ransom.
(b) Redress.
(c) Reconciliation.
(d) Remuneration.

4. As he chases Huck around the cabin, brandishing a knife, what does Pappy call his son?
(a) A right nasty varmint.
(b) The Devil incarnate.
(c) A freak of nature who belongs in Hell.
(d) The Angel of Death.

5. In his stories, what does Jim tell people about his five-cent piece?
(a) He stole it from the Devil.
(b) The Devil gave it to him.
(c) Miss Watson gave it to him.
(d) He found it under a tree.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Huck's practical joke on Jim backfire?

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

4. Name the figurative language used in "the wind was trying to whisper something to me."

5. Where, on the island, do Huck and Jim hide their belongings?

(see the answer key)

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