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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What explanation does Huck give for having the gun in his hands?
(a) He tells his father he was being helpful by cleaning the gun.
(b) He says he was about to go and shoot a wild hog.
(c) He tells his father someone was trying to break into the cabin.
(d) He says he was checking to see if it was loaded.

2. What is the oracle that Jim consults?
(a) A hairball.
(b) A crystal ball.
(c) A chicken's liver.
(d) The way a toad reacts when it is prodded with a stick.

3. Why does Huck want Mary Jane to leave before breakfast?
(a) He knows the expression on her face will show the King and the Duke that she is onto them.
(b) He is afraid Mary Jane will confront the King and slap his face.
(c) She'll be able to arrive at the Lothrops' place before the heat of the day.
(d) He knows there is better food at the Lothrop place.

4. Where will Huck be able to find Jim?
(a) On the raft.
(b) At the Phelps farm.
(c) At Abram G. Foster's farm.
(d) In jail.

5. Where does Huck hide the raft in Chapter 31?
(a) On the other side of the river.
(b) At a woody island in the river.
(c) Under the sawmill's landing-stage.
(d) On Jackson's Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Name the figurative language used in "the wind was trying to whisper something to me."

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

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

4. How soon do the King and the Duke make up their quarrel in Chapter 30?

5. Why is Huck feeling "mean and miserable" in Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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