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

2. What is the name of the sunken steamer?
(a) The Nellie.
(b) The Walter Scott.
(c) The Miss Charlotte.
(d) The Walter Stott.

3. How do Huck and Jim first conceal themselves on the Illinois shore?
(a) They stay on the raft that they have covered with branches.
(b) They hide in a cottonwood thicket.
(c) They hide in a ditch.
(d) They dig a shelter on the riverbank.

4. How does Huck give himself thinking time when questions about England become awkward?
(a) He pretends to sneeze.
(b) He pretends to choke on a chicken bone.
(c) He says there's a mouse under the table.
(d) He has a drink of water.

5. How did Tom and Huck become rich?
(a) Huck's father left him $6,000.
(b) They recovered $6,000 in gold.
(c) Tom's father lent him $6,000.
(d) They were given $6,000 for handing over a runaway slave.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do they all make good their escape from the villagers in Chapter 23?

3. In contrast to the expressions of grief acted by the King and the Duke, what does Huck view as a good thing?

4. Why is Huck pleased he chose to hide behind the curtain and not under the bed in Chapter 26?

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

(see the answer key)

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