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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What first alerts Mrs. Loftus to the fact that 'Sarah/Mary' is a boy?
(a) He doesn't walk daintily in a dress.
(b) Huck does not thread a needle in a feminine way.
(c) His fingernails are dirty.
(d) She sees that he has some fuzz on his cheeks and chin.

2. Why was it ineffective to set the dogs on the gang in Chapter 40?
(a) The dogs knew the boys and Jim.
(b) The boys and Jim had too much of a head start.
(c) The boys and Jim crossed water and put them off the scent.
(d) The boys fed the dogs a sleeping drug.

3. Why is his father annoyed with Huck in Chapter 5?
(a) He doesn't like Huck's airs, nor does he like Huck being educated.
(b) Huck put his money where his father couldn't get it.
(c) Huck is not progressing quickly enough at school.
(d) Huck is too friendly with Jim.

4. What suggests that Jim is only playing along with the two boys in their outrageous escape plan?
(a) He can unshackle himself at will.
(b) He threatens to leave if he has to put himself in physical danger.
(c) He has told another slave about the escapade.
(d) He humors them by going along with the silly, romantic nonsense.

5. What is the source of the commotion in the cellar in Chapter 27?
(a) A dog has baled up a runaway slave.
(b) A drunken mourner has raided a wine barrell.
(c) A dog that has found a rat.
(d) The King and the Duke fighting over the money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distance has Aunt Polly traveled to check up on Tom?

2. What happens two days after the funeral?

3. At what point do Huck and Tom enter Jim's cabin?

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

5. What is the main accusation Colonel Sherburn levels at the crowd?

(see the answer key)

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