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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25 | Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are Huck and Jim unable to land the catfish they caught?
(a) The line breaks.
(b) The fish pulls Jim into the water and he has to be rescued.
(c) The fish is too enormous for them to handle.
(d) The hook comes adrift.

3. What forms the basis of the humorous conversation in Chapter 14?
(a) Jim's accent.
(b) Huck's American vernacular.
(c) Huck telling Jim more tall stories.
(d) Huck's garbled retelling of matter he has just read about.

4. What is the 'good place' to which Miss Watson keeps referring?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Church.
(c) Baton Rouge.
(d) The cemetery.

5. How does Huck augment his and Jim's diet of river fish and shot waterfowl?
(a) He steals oranges and grapefruit.
(b) He steals chickens and raids gardens for things like watermelons.
(c) He finds food scraps outside restaurants.
(d) He buys cornmeal flour in a village.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Colonel Sherburn stand to protect himself in Chapter 22?

2. What is the name of the sunken steamer?

3. Why does Huck lose interest in Moses?

4. Why does Huck take a canoe up a 'chute' in Chapter 19?

5. How has Jim been attempting to test the authenticity of the King's story?

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