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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do they all make good their escape from the villagers in Chapter 23?
(a) They lock the villagers in the hall and run for the raft.
(b) They steel horses and ride out of town.
(c) They sneak back to the raft and set off down the river.
(d) They run off to the woods and creep to the raft later.

2. Why isn't Lawyer Bell present in Chapter 25?
(a) He is out hunting.
(b) He is on business in Louisville.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He is on holiday in New Orleans.

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

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

5. What illness is supposed to be the problem at the Proctors'?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Mumps.
(d) Malaria.

6. What doesn't the Duke like about the King's portrayal of Juliet?
(a) His voice is too soft to be heard.
(b) The fact that he has a beard.
(c) He is bellowing when he should be speaking softly.
(d) He is becoming too emotional in the role.

7. Why do Huck and Jim find themselves riding the river through thick fog in Chapter 15?
(a) The sapling they use as a mooring is not strong enough to hold the raft.
(b) The fog has come down too suddenly for them to get to shore.
(c) The mooring rope has been lost.
(d) They are embarking on a new adventure and want to take risks.

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

9. In what way is Huck's time with his father spoiled?
(a) They run out of money.
(b) They never catch any fish.
(c) His father beats him frequently.
(d) His father threatens him with a shotgun.

10. What explanation does Huck give for having the gun in his hands?
(a) He tells his father someone was trying to break into the cabin.
(b) He tells his father he was being helpful by cleaning the gun.
(c) He says he was checking to see if it was loaded.
(d) He says he was about to go and shoot a wild hog.

11. Where does Huck take refuge during the gunfight after Sophia's elopement?
(a) In his canoe.
(b) Under the wood heap.
(c) In a tree.
(d) In Emeline's bedroom.

12. As he chases Huck around the cabin, brandishing a knife, what does Pappy call his son?
(a) The Devil incarnate.
(b) A right nasty varmint.
(c) A freak of nature who belongs in Hell.
(d) The Angel of Death.

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

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

15. According to what Huck tells the King and the Duke, where did his parents come from?
(a) Pike County in Missouri.
(b) Pike County in Illinois.
(c) Carp County in Illinois.
(d) Orange County in California.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says: "It's lovely to live on a raft"?

2. Who gives new clothes to Pappy?

3. Why do the murderers defer leaving in the skiff?

4. What convinces the ferry captain to investigate the sinking ship?

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

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