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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. Why are loaves of bread floating down the river?
(a) People believe bread dabbed with quicksilver will float to a corpse.
(b) An angry chef has thrown loaves of bread from a river steamer.
(c) People believe bread thrown in the water will prevent more drownings.
(d) A bread cart has fallen off a bridge.

2. How does Huck escape from the cabin he has been locked in for three days?
(a) He climbs up the inside of the chimney.
(b) He saws his way out.
(c) He prizes up the floorboards and escapes that way.
(d) He smashes a window and climbs out.

3. 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.

4. Where does Huck go to cook his supper in Chapter 8?
(a) The Illinois bank of the river.
(b) Deep into the woods.
(c) On the beach facing the Illinois bank.
(d) Close to where he has hidden the canoe.

5. 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) No one seems to know, as it started so long ago.
(d) There was a dispute over land.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the main accusation Colonel Sherburn levels at the crowd?

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

4. What does Jim confide to Huck in Chapter 23?

5. Where does Huck take refuge during the gunfight after Sophia's elopement?

(see the answer key)

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