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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 do Huck and Jim leave the baby's bottle in the house?
(a) They think it contains poison.
(b) It is broken.
(c) It contains sour milk and would be diffficult to clean.
(d) It is too small to use as a water bottle.

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 asks Judge Thatcher to invest all the money in pork bellies.
(d) He gives the money to an anti-slavery movement.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does Huck give for having the gun in his hands?

2. In Chapter 13, what is Jim's attitude to the adventure he and Huck have just experienced?

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

4. What news does Mrs. Loftus give Huck regarding his 'murder'?

5. What is the name of the sunken steamer?

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