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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the King do after his confession?
(a) He cries.
(b) He goes for a cleansing swim, symbolic of beginning a new life.
(c) He tells jokes till everyone is asleep.
(d) He retired to the wigwam with a bottle.

2. Why does Huck dress as a servant girl?
(a) The clothing won't fit Tom himself.
(b) So that he won't be noticed as he delivers letters.
(c) Tom persuades him to adopt this disguise to spy out information in the village.
(d) Tom persuades him that the anonymous letters must be delivered by a servant girl.

3. What is Mrs. Hotchkiss's opinion of Jim?
(a) That he is intelligent.
(b) That he is bad-tempered.
(c) That he is an interesting character.
(d) That he is crazy.

4. Who built Silas Phelps' church?
(a) He obtained funds from the Unitarians.
(b) He raised money in the village.
(c) He had the building floated in from Baton Rouge.
(d) He built it himself.

5. What word should Huck have used instead of "dolphin"?
(a) Dauphin.
(b) Dapin.
(c) Whale.
(d) Catfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Huck and Jim unable to land the catfish they caught?

2. In Chapter 30, what do the King and the Duke accuse each other of doing?

3. Why is Huck feeling "mean and miserable" in Chapter 15?

4. Who is Aunt Sally's sister?

5. In what way is Huck's time with his father spoiled?

(see the answer key)

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