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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Huck, what delayed his steamer?
(a) It was held up by bad weather.
(b) It had to circle around to pick up a passenger who'd fallen overboard.
(c) It blew a cylinder head.
(d) It ran aground.

2. What does Jim confide to Huck in Chapter 23?
(a) That he is really a descendent of Thomas Jefferson.
(b) That he is glad to be away from his family because the children are noisy and disobedient.
(c) That he stole money and jewelry from Miss Watson and has hidden these on Jackson Island.
(d) That he didn't realize scarlet fever had made his daughter deaf and punished her for not obeying him.

3. What happens two days after the funeral?
(a) The King puts the property and slaves up for sale.
(b) The King preaches a sermon.
(c) Huck digs up the coffin.
(d) The King borrows a substantial sum of money.

4. Where does the King lay the blame for the missing money?
(a) The slaves from the Wilks household.
(b) Thieves.
(c) Tom Collins.
(d) The undertaker.

5. Why do the murderers defer leaving in the skiff?
(a) They decide to have a pot of whiskey first.
(b) They want to get rid of Turner first.
(c) They want to get Turner's share of the money.
(d) They are worried about the river currents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the streets of the 'one horse town' empty?

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

3. Where will Huck be able to find Jim?

4. Who built Silas Phelps' church?

5. What is the name of the sunken steamer?

(see the answer key)

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