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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 42.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Huck re-enter the house in Chapter 34?
(a) Through the back door.
(b) Through the front door
(c) By climbing the lightning rod.
(d) Through a side window.

3. What sociable activity do Jim and the boys share in Chapter 36?
(a) Telling stories.
(b) Smoking corncob pipes.
(c) Eating.
(d) Chewing tobacco and telling stories.

4. Where had the Grangerfords' beautiful oil cloth table cover come from?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Cairo.
(d) New York.

5. Why do Huck and Jim find themselves riding the river through thick fog in Chapter 15?
(a) They are embarking on a new adventure and want to take risks.
(b) The fog has come down too suddenly for them to get to shore.
(c) The sapling they use as a mooring is not strong enough to hold the raft.
(d) The mooring rope has been lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't Jim able to sleep in Chapter 39?

2. Huck's narrative includes the words: "but I was over the shoal water now." This is an example of what sort of figurative language?

3. What is the slave guard afraid of?

4. How many gun-toting farmers were in the sitting-room in Chapter 40?

5. As he chases Huck around the cabin, brandishing a knife, what does Pappy call his son?

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