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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Huck and Jim enter the wrecked ship?
(a) They climb onto the larboard deck and go down a ladder.
(b) By climbing the paddle-wheel.
(c) Through a hole in the stern.
(d) Through the forward skylight.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What separates Jim and Huck in the fog?

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

3. What injury has the real William Wilks sustained?

4. What does Huck call "the horriblest looking outrage I ever see"?

5. How does Huck augment his and Jim's diet of river fish and shot waterfowl?

(see the answer key)

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