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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Huck feeling "mean and miserable" in Chapter 15?
(a) He is lonely.
(b) He knows he has been mean to Jim.
(c) He is troubled by his conscience.
(d) He is hungry and cold.

2. What kind of enterprise does the Phelps family have?
(a) A cotton plantation.
(b) A hog farm.
(c) A chicken farm.
(d) They run cattle.

3. How do Huck and Jim first conceal themselves on the Illinois shore?
(a) They hide in a cottonwood thicket.
(b) They stay on the raft that they have covered with branches.
(c) They hide in a ditch.
(d) They dig a shelter on the riverbank.

4. What does Huck do with his money?
(a) He gives the money to an anti-slavery movement.
(b) He asks Judge Thatcher to invest all the money in pork bellies.
(c) He asks Judge Thatcher to give it to the Widow.
(d) He signs the entire amount to Judge Thatcher.

5. What is the problem with Jim keeping a journal?
(a) He will lose it.
(b) He has no pen.
(c) He cannot write.
(d) They are too far from the shops to buy one.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 37, what does Uncle Silas promise to do next day?

2. Where was Aunt Sally's apron in Chapter 37?

3. What has been bringing many people to town in Chapter 21?

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

5. In contrast to the expressions of grief acted by the King and the Duke, what does Huck view as a good thing?

(see the answer key)

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