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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. Why is his father annoyed with Huck in Chapter 5?
(a) Huck is not progressing quickly enough at school.
(b) Huck put his money where his father couldn't get it.
(c) He doesn't like Huck's airs, nor does he like Huck being educated.
(d) Huck is too friendly with Jim.

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

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

4. What is the 'good place' to which Miss Watson keeps referring?
(a) Baton Rouge.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) Church.

5. How did Tom and Huck become rich?
(a) Tom's father lent him $6,000.
(b) They recovered $6,000 in gold.
(c) Huck's father left him $6,000.
(d) They were given $6,000 for handing over a runaway slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which people did Huck and Tom intend to ambush?

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

3. As he chases Huck around the cabin, brandishing a knife, what does Pappy call his son?

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

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

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