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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. What news does Mrs. Loftus give Huck regarding his 'murder'?
(a) Jim is a suspect.
(b) Pappy has accused Jim.
(c) Judge Thatcher is a suspect.
(d) Miss Watson is engaged to be married.

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

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

4. How does Huck escape from the cabin he has been locked in for three days?
(a) He climbs up the inside of the chimney.
(b) He saws his way out.
(c) He prizes up the floorboards and escapes that way.
(d) He smashes a window and climbs out.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What first alerts Mrs. Loftus to the fact that 'Sarah/Mary' is a boy?

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

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

4. How do Huck and Jim first conceal themselves on the Illinois shore?

5. What is the name of the sunken steamer?

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