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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 are loaves of bread floating down the river?
(a) A bread cart has fallen off a bridge.
(b) People believe bread thrown in the water will prevent more drownings.
(c) An angry chef has thrown loaves of bread from a river steamer.
(d) People believe bread dabbed with quicksilver will float to a corpse.

2. What does Huck do with his money?
(a) He signs the entire amount to Judge Thatcher.
(b) He asks Judge Thatcher to give it to the Widow.
(c) He gives the money to an anti-slavery movement.
(d) He asks Judge Thatcher to invest all the money in pork bellies.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Huck augment his and Jim's diet of river fish and shot waterfowl?

3. Why do Huck and Jim leave the baby's bottle in the house?

4. As he chases Huck around the cabin, brandishing a knife, what does Pappy call his son?

5. In what way is Huck's time with his father spoiled?

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