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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. Why does Huck lose interest in Moses?
(a) The Widow Douglas reads poorly.
(b) He dislikes Moses' character.
(c) Moses is dead and Huck is interested only in the living
(d) Huck is an atheist and hates Bible stories.

2. Which people did Huck and Tom intend to ambush?
(a) Arabs.
(b) Magicians.
(c) Gypsies.
(d) Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.

3. What convinces the ferry captain to investigate the sinking ship?
(a) The possibility of valuable salvage.
(b) The opportunity for glory in catching murderers.
(c) Huck's harrowing story of women and children in peril..
(d) Huck's story of a good financial reward.

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

5. What is unusual about the tracks Huck finds in the snow?
(a) There are additional marks made by a spur.
(b) There is a cross in the left boot heel.
(c) There is a cross in the right boot heel.
(d) The footprints are unusually large and heavy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Jim alerted to the coming lightning storm?

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

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

4. What word should Huck have used instead of "dolphin"?

5. Why do the murderers defer leaving in the skiff?

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