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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Huck's reaction to the widow's prayer?
(a) He takes it seriously and goes off to the forest to think about it
(b) He ridicules prayer because he can't see how it helps people.
(c) He takes it seriously and vows to attend church.
(d) He decides to test prayer by praying for impossible things.

2. How does Huck's practical joke on Jim backfire?
(a) Jim turns the tables by putting live coals in Huck's bed.
(b) Jim is so angry that he attacks Huck.
(c) Jim is bitten by an actual snake.
(d) Huck is bitten by a rattlesnake.

3. What is the slave guard afraid of?
(a) Jim.
(b) Being deprived of food.
(c) Witches.
(d) Silas Phelps.

4. What 'relict' do the boys procure from the garret in Chapter 37?
(a) An iron pot.
(b) A silver candlestick.
(c) A strong-box.
(d) A brass warming pan.

5. Which animal does Tom suggest Jim might tame?
(a) A large spider.
(b) A rattlesnake.
(c) A rat.
(d) A dog.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What forms the basis of the humorous conversation in Chapter 14?

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

4. How do they all make good their escape from the villagers in Chapter 23?

5. What types of snakes do Huck and Tom catch?

(see the answer key)

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