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

2. Why are the streets of the 'one horse town' empty?
(a) The town is under quarantine.
(b) It is siesta time.
(c) Most people have gone to the camp meeting.
(d) It is a ghost town.

3. Which of these statements is closest to a description of Huck's father?
(a) He has a white face, long greasy beard and dark black eyes.
(b) He has wide lips, shaggy hair and very bad breath.
(c) He has a brutal face with a broken nose and a big scar on his left cheek.
(d) He has a ghostly white face, dribbles through broken teeth and has eyes that once might have been intelligent.

4. What is the origin of the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons?
(a) There was a romance between a Shepherdson and a Grangerford.
(b) There was a dispute over the river landing stage.
(c) There was a dispute over land.
(d) No one seems to know, as it started so long ago.

5. Why does Huck take a canoe up a 'chute' in Chapter 19?
(a) To find Jim.
(b) To find some berries.
(c) To steal a chicken.
(d) To evade Pappy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Jim alerted to the coming lightning storm?

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

4. Who says: "It's lovely to live on a raft"?

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

(see the answer key)

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