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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Huck take a canoe up a 'chute' in Chapter 19?
(a) To steal a chicken.
(b) To find some berries.
(c) To find Jim.
(d) To evade Pappy.

2. Why does Huck say in Chapter 32 that he needs to make a trip to town?
(a) To collect his baggage.
(b) To meet another steamboat.
(c) To collect money.
(d) To exercise the horse.

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

4. Who is Aunt Sally's sister?
(a) Huck's aunt.
(b) Miss Wilks.
(c) Tom's mother.
(d) Miss Watson.

5. According to what Huck tells the King and the Duke, where did his parents come from?
(a) Carp County in Illinois.
(b) Orange County in California.
(c) Pike County in Illinois.
(d) Pike County in Missouri.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Huck and Jim first conceal themselves on the Illinois shore?

2. What news does Mrs. Loftus give Huck regarding his 'murder'?

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

4. How does Huck describe the Spanish moss he sees?

5. For what reason is Peter Wilks' body to be exhumed?

(see the answer key)

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