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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has "no more smile to him than there is to a ham"?
(a) The King.
(b) Jim.
(c) Peter.
(d) The undertaker.

2. Which encores does the Duke suggest Chapter 21?
(a) Hamlet's soliloquy, the Highland fling and the sword-dance.
(b) Hamlet's soliloquy, the death of Macbeth and the death of Juliet.
(c) The Highland fling, the sailor's hornpipe and Hamlet's soliloquy.
(d) The Highland fling, the Irish jig and Malvolio's tirade.

3. Huck's narrative includes the words: "but I was over the shoal water now." This is an example of what sort of figurative language?
(a) Simile.
(b) Personification.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Exaggeration.

4. Which character leaves the raft to check out Pikesville?
(a) Jim.
(b) The King.
(c) Huck.
(d) The Duke.

5. What is one symbol that the fog represents?
(a) The confusion inside Huck's head.
(b) A supernatural presence.
(c) The power of the river.
(d) Journeying into the unknown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Duke threaten to do to the King if he lies again?

2. What does Huck confess to Aunt Sally in Chapter 41?

3. What 'relict' do the boys procure from the garret in Chapter 37?

4. How is Jim alerted to the coming lightning storm?

5. In Chapter 29, how does the King claim he arrived in the town?

(see the answer key)

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