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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. What action does Jim fear will bring bad luck?
(a) Falling over a black cat.
(b) Touching a snake's skin.
(c) Spitting into the wind.
(d) Pulling floating bread from the river.

2. According to what Huck tells the King and the Duke, where did his parents come from?
(a) Orange County in California.
(b) Pike County in Missouri.
(c) Carp County in Illinois.
(d) Pike County in Illinois.

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

4. In Jim's eyes, how is Huck different?
(a) Jim notes that Huck has little care for money.
(b) Jim says Huck is the only 'white' person who has ever honored a promise to him.
(c) Jim thinks Huck is braver than anyone else he knows.
(d) Jim says Huck is 'true blue' and is helping him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What calamity befalls Huck and Jim at the end of Chapter 16?

2. What has been bringing many people to town in Chapter 21?

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

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

5. Name the figurative language used in "the wind was trying to whisper something to me."

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