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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Huck pleased he chose to hide behind the curtain and not under the bed in Chapter 26?
(a) Because the first thing the duke does is to look under the bed.
(b) Because he enjoys the perfume in Mary Jane's dresses.
(c) Because he can actually see what the King and the Duke are up to.
(d) Because there is a smelly chamber pot under the bed.

2. What is the 'good place' to which Miss Watson keeps referring?
(a) Church.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Baton Rouge.
(d) The cemetery.

3. Why is Huck worried when the coffin lid is screwed on?
(a) He thinks maybe the rat got in there.
(b) He doesn't know whether or not the bag of money is still in the coffin.
(c) He thinks perhaps he'll receive a beating from the Duke.
(d) He knows he will soon be found out by Mary Jane.

4. What happens two days after the funeral?
(a) The King puts the property and slaves up for sale.
(b) The King preaches a sermon.
(c) Huck digs up the coffin.
(d) The King borrows a substantial sum of money.

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

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

7. Why is Huck feeling "mean and miserable" in Chapter 15?
(a) He is hungry and cold.
(b) He is lonely.
(c) He knows he has been mean to Jim.
(d) He is troubled by his conscience.

8. In Chapter 28, where was the auction held?
(a) In the church hall.
(b) On the veranda of the general store.
(c) In the public square.
(d) On the porch of the house.

9. What explanation does 'Sarah/Mary' Williams give for her journey?
(a) She is on her way to visit a sick aunt.
(b) She was bringing money to Uncle Abner, but was robbed.
(c) She is running away from an arranged marriage.
(d) She has to tell Uncle Abner that her mother is ill and out of money.

10. Whose idea of the after-life does Huck favor?
(a) Miss Watson's.
(b) Tom Sawyer's.
(c) His father's.
(d) The widow's.

11. How many logs worth selling do Pap and Huck find?
(a) Nine.
(b) Six.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Ten.

12. Who is the servant, Adolphus?
(a) Tom Sawyer.
(b) Huck Finn.
(c) Jim.
(d) The Duke.

13. Who was allowed to sleep in Emmeline Grangerford's room?
(a) Harney Shepherson.
(b) No one.
(c) Huck.
(d) Guests from New Orleans.

14. What does Huck call "the horriblest looking outrage I ever see"?
(a) The King and the Duke buying clothes with their swindled money.
(b) Slaves being beaten by a cruel overseer.
(c) Jim dressed up and painted as a sick Arab.
(d) Jim begging to be tied up again.

15. How does Jim react when he first sees Huck in Chapter 8?
(a) He's frightened as he genuinely believes Huck is a ghost.
(b) He's relieved and happy Huck is alive.
(c) He thinks Huck is the Devil and is desperately afraid.
(d) He's angry and afraid of being discovered.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Jim's eyes, how is Huck different?

2. What does Huck do with the canoe when he reaches Jackson's Island?

3. How did Tom and Huck become rich?

4. What explanation does Huck give for having the gun in his hands?

5. Which people did Huck and Tom intend to ambush?

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