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

2. 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 lets it drift down the river.
(d) He scuttles it.

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

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

5. Name the figurative language used in "the wind was trying to whisper something to me."
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Simile.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are Huck and Jim unable to land the catfish they caught?

3. Where does Huck go to cook his supper in Chapter 8?

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

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

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