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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 | Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose idea of the after-life does Huck favor?
(a) Miss Watson's.
(b) Tom Sawyer's.
(c) The widow's.
(d) His father's.

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

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

4. Why are Huck and Jim unable to land the catfish they caught?
(a) The line breaks.
(b) The fish pulls Jim into the water and he has to be rescued.
(c) The hook comes adrift.
(d) The fish is too enormous for them to handle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Huck's reaction to the widow's prayer?

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

3. What explanation does 'Sarah/Mary' Williams give for her journey?

4. How does Huck escape from the cabin he has been locked in for three days?

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

(see the answer key)

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