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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What excuse does Huck give the King for his flight from the cemetery?
(a) He was worried about Jim all alone on the raft.
(b) He claims he was warned he could be hanged.
(c) He was worried about Joanna and wanted to find her.
(d) He needed to get away from the crowds.

2. What was Peter Wilks's occupation?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Printer.
(c) Tanner.
(d) Baker.

3. What does Huck call "the horriblest looking outrage I ever see"?
(a) Jim begging to be tied up again.
(b) The King and the Duke buying clothes with their swindled money.
(c) Slaves being beaten by a cruel overseer.
(d) Jim dressed up and painted as a sick Arab.

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

5. What secret does Huck share with Tom in Chapter 33?
(a) That he is trying to steal Jim out of slavery.
(b) That he has money hidden away.
(c) That the King and the Duke are after him.
(d) The place where the raft is hidden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Huck hide the money in Chapter 27?

2. Where does the King lay the blame for the missing money?

3. Why is Aunt Sally cross in Chapter 37?

4. What calamity befalls Huck and Jim at the end of Chapter 16?

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

(see the answer key)

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