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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 | Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What convinces the ferry captain to investigate the sinking ship?
(a) Huck's story of a good financial reward.
(b) The possibility of valuable salvage.
(c) The opportunity for glory in catching murderers.
(d) Huck's harrowing story of women and children in peril..

3. What calamity befalls Huck and Jim at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) The raft is destroyed as they ride over some rapids.
(b) The raft is destroyed in a collision with a large steamboat.
(c) The raft drifts off by itself and is lost.
(d) The canoe is stolen.

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

5. How was Colonel Grangerford attired on Sundays?
(a) In his miliraty uniform.
(b) In a suit of dazzling pure white.
(c) In a scarlet smoking jacket and matching silk carpet slippers.
(d) In a blue tailcoat with brass buttons on it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to what Huck tells the King and the Duke, where did his parents come from?

3. In his stories, what does Jim tell people about his five-cent piece?

4. Why are loaves of bread floating down the river?

5. Why is his father annoyed with Huck in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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