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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has been bringing many people to town in Chapter 21?
(a) A circus.
(b) A performance of opera.
(c) A salesman selling a new embrocation.
(d) A traveling freak show.

2. Where does Colonel Sherburn stand to protect himself in Chapter 22?
(a) Behind his front gate.
(b) Behind the wood-heap.
(c) At the front door of his house.
(d) On the roof of his front porch.

3. Who pumps Huck for information about England?
(a) The King.
(b) Jim.
(c) Mary Jane.
(d) Joanna.

4. When the King questions him in Chapter 27, what lie does Huck tell?
(a) He claims that Joanna and Susan were in the King's room.
(b) He claims that the undertaken sneaked into the King's room just before the funeral.
(c) He claims that 'the niggers were in the King's room'.
(d) He claims to have seen Jim and Mary Jane talking to a strange man in a yellow coat.

5. Who says: "It's lovely to live on a raft"?
(a) Tom Sawyer.
(b) Jim.
(c) The Duke.
(d) Huck Finn.

6. Which alias does the Duke adopt for the performance?
(a) An actor called David Garrick the Elder.
(b) An actor called David Garrick the Younger.
(c) An actor called Thoman Kean the incredible.
(d) An actor called Billie Langtry.

7. Why does Huck take a canoe up a 'chute' in Chapter 19?
(a) To evade Pappy.
(b) To find Jim.
(c) To steal a chicken.
(d) To find some berries.

8. What first alerts Mrs. Loftus to the fact that 'Sarah/Mary' is a boy?
(a) He doesn't walk daintily in a dress.
(b) His fingernails are dirty.
(c) Huck does not thread a needle in a feminine way.
(d) She sees that he has some fuzz on his cheeks and chin.

9. Who is the other person Huck tells Mary Jane in Chapter 28 would be in big trouble?
(a) Jim.
(b) Harney Shepherdson.
(c) Tom Sawyer.
(d) Joanna.

10. How has Jim been attempting to test the authenticity of the King's story?
(a) By asking him about his sea voyage to America.
(b) By asking him about Marie Antionette.
(c) By inspecting him for a regal birthmark.
(d) By trying to get him to speak French.

11. Why do the murderers defer leaving in the skiff?
(a) They want to get rid of Turner first.
(b) They want to get Turner's share of the money.
(c) They are worried about the river currents.
(d) They decide to have a pot of whiskey first.

12. 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) The Widow Douglas reads poorly.
(d) He dislikes Moses' character.

13. How do Huck and Jim enter the wrecked ship?
(a) Through a hole in the stern.
(b) Through the forward skylight.
(c) By climbing the paddle-wheel.
(d) They climb onto the larboard deck and go down a ladder.

14. What was Peter Wilks's occupation?
(a) Tanner.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Printer.
(d) Baker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jim react when he first sees Huck in Chapter 8?

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

3. Where had the Grangerfords' beautiful oil cloth table cover come from?

4. What action does Jim fear will bring bad luck?

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

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