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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In contrast to the expressions of grief acted by the King and the Duke, what does Huck view as a good thing?
(a) Music.
(b) Capital.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Frankness.

2. How was Colonel Grangerford attired on Sundays?
(a) In his miliraty uniform.
(b) In a suit of dazzling pure white.
(c) In a scarlet smoking jacket and matching silk carpet slippers.
(d) In a blue tailcoat with brass buttons on it.

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

4. How does Huck escape from the cabin he has been locked in for three days?
(a) He prizes up the floorboards and escapes that way.
(b) He saws his way out.
(c) He climbs up the inside of the chimney.
(d) He smashes a window and climbs out.

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

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

7. Why does Huck lose interest in Moses?
(a) Huck is an atheist and hates Bible stories.
(b) Moses is dead and Huck is interested only in the living
(c) He dislikes Moses' character.
(d) The Widow Douglas reads poorly.

8. What does Jim confide to Huck in Chapter 23?
(a) That he didn't realize scarlet fever had made his daughter deaf and punished her for not obeying him.
(b) That he is really a descendent of Thomas Jefferson.
(c) That he stole money and jewelry from Miss Watson and has hidden these on Jackson Island.
(d) That he is glad to be away from his family because the children are noisy and disobedient.

9. How does Huck give himself thinking time when questions about England become awkward?
(a) He pretends to choke on a chicken bone.
(b) He says there's a mouse under the table.
(c) He pretends to sneeze.
(d) He has a drink of water.

10. What separates Jim and Huck in the fog?
(a) Some rapids.
(b) A large island.
(c) Huck loses his lantern and Jim can't see him.
(d) A quarrel over food.

11. Who suggests telling Uncle Harvey about Mary Jane and the mumps?
(a) Susan.
(b) Huck.
(c) The Duke.
(d) Joanna.

12. What news does Mrs. Loftus give Huck regarding his 'murder'?
(a) Jim is a suspect.
(b) Judge Thatcher is a suspect.
(c) Pappy has accused Jim.
(d) Miss Watson is engaged to be married.

13. Where does Huck go to cook his supper in Chapter 8?
(a) Deep into the woods.
(b) On the beach facing the Illinois bank.
(c) Close to where he has hidden the canoe.
(d) The Illinois bank of the river.

14. How can a snag in the river be recognized?
(a) By the height of the waves.
(b) Through the appearance of a streak in the water.
(c) By the way it sticks out of the water.
(d) By a swirl and ripple in the water.

15. Why are the streets of the 'one horse town' empty?
(a) Most people have gone to the camp meeting.
(b) The town is under quarantine.
(c) It is siesta time.
(d) It is a ghost town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the 'good place' to which Miss Watson keeps referring?

2. Why isn't Lawyer Bell present in Chapter 25?

3. What first alerts Mrs. Loftus to the fact that 'Sarah/Mary' is a boy?

4. Why does Huck want Mary Jane to leave before breakfast?

5. Why is his father annoyed with Huck in Chapter 5?

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