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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. Where does Colonel Sherburn stand to protect himself in Chapter 22?
(a) At the front door of his house.
(b) On the roof of his front porch.
(c) Behind his front gate.
(d) Behind the wood-heap.

2. What has been bringing many people to town in Chapter 21?
(a) A salesman selling a new embrocation.
(b) A circus.
(c) A performance of opera.
(d) A traveling freak show.

3. 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) Huck is bitten by a rattlesnake.
(d) Jim is bitten by an actual snake.

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

5. What news does Mrs. Loftus give Huck regarding his 'murder'?
(a) Judge Thatcher is a suspect.
(b) Miss Watson is engaged to be married.
(c) Jim is a suspect.
(d) Pappy has accused Jim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Huck and Jim find themselves riding the river through thick fog in Chapter 15?

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

3. How was Colonel Grangerford attired on Sundays?

4. What is the origin of the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons?

5. Which alias does the Duke adopt for the performance?

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