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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 first alerts Mrs. Loftus to the fact that 'Sarah/Mary' is a boy?
(a) She sees that he has some fuzz on his cheeks and chin.
(b) He doesn't walk daintily in a dress.
(c) His fingernails are dirty.
(d) Huck does not thread a needle in a feminine way.

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

3. How does Huck's practical joke on Jim backfire?
(a) Jim turns the tables by putting live coals in Huck's bed.
(b) Jim is bitten by an actual snake.
(c) Jim is so angry that he attacks Huck.
(d) Huck is bitten by a rattlesnake.

4. What does Huck do with the canoe when he reaches Jackson's Island?
(a) He hauls it way up the bank and hides it in some woods.
(b) He conceals it under willow branches.
(c) He scuttles it.
(d) He lets it drift down the river.

5. How do Huck and Jim enter the wrecked ship?
(a) They climb onto the larboard deck and go down a ladder.
(b) By climbing the paddle-wheel.
(c) Through the forward skylight.
(d) Through a hole in the stern.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Tom and Huck become rich?

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

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

5. How does Jim react when he first sees Huck in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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