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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was Peter Wilks's occupation?
(a) Printer.
(b) Baker.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Tanner.
2. Where does Huck go to cook his supper in Chapter 8?
(a) On the beach facing the Illinois bank.
(b) Close to where he has hidden the canoe.
(c) Deep into the woods.
(d) The Illinois bank of the river.
3. As he chases Huck around the cabin, brandishing a knife, what does Pappy call his son?
(a) The Angel of Death.
(b) A freak of nature who belongs in Hell.
(c) A right nasty varmint.
(d) The Devil incarnate.
4. Where does Huck take refuge during the gunfight after Sophia's elopement?
(a) In a tree.
(b) In Emeline's bedroom.
(c) In his canoe.
(d) Under the wood heap.
5. In Chapter 13, what is Jim's attitude to the adventure he and Huck have just experienced?
(a) Enthusiastic. He can't wait for the next opportunity, though he does have some criticism.
(b) Ambivalent. He is uncertain about the moral status of what they have just done.
(c) Negative. He didn't enjoy it and doesn't want similar adventures.
(d) Compliant. He likes Huck to lead, enjoyed the adventure and falls in with Huck's ideas.
6. What does Huck do with his money?
(a) He gives the money to an anti-slavery movement.
(b) He signs the entire amount to Judge Thatcher.
(c) He asks Judge Thatcher to invest all the money in pork bellies.
(d) He asks Judge Thatcher to give it to the Widow.
7. 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) Personification.
(b) Simile.
(c) Exaggeration.
(d) Metaphor.
8. In his stories, what does Jim tell people about his five-cent piece?
(a) The Devil gave it to him.
(b) Miss Watson gave it to him.
(c) He found it under a tree.
(d) He stole it from the Devil.
9. Name the figurative language used in "the wind was trying to whisper something to me."
(a) Personification.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.
10. How can a snag in the river be recognized?
(a) Through the appearance of a streak in the water.
(b) By a swirl and ripple in the water.
(c) By the height of the waves.
(d) By the way it sticks out of the water.
11. What separates Jim and Huck in the fog?
(a) Some rapids.
(b) A quarrel over food.
(c) A large island.
(d) Huck loses his lantern and Jim can't see him.
12. Why is Huck worried when the coffin lid is screwed on?
(a) He thinks perhaps he'll receive a beating from the Duke.
(b) He knows he will soon be found out by Mary Jane.
(c) He thinks maybe the rat got in there.
(d) He doesn't know whether or not the bag of money is still in the coffin.
13. Who was allowed to sleep in Emmeline Grangerford's room?
(a) No one.
(b) Huck.
(c) Harney Shepherson.
(d) Guests from New Orleans.
14. What does Huck do with the canoe when he reaches Jackson's Island?
(a) He conceals it under willow branches.
(b) He scuttles it.
(c) He hauls it way up the bank and hides it in some woods.
(d) He lets it drift down the river.
15. Where had the Grangerfords' beautiful oil cloth table cover come from?
(a) New York.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Minneapolis.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Huck feeling "mean and miserable" in Chapter 15?
2. How do Huck and Jim enter the wrecked ship?
3. Who is responsible for tending the door on the night of the special performance in Chapter 23?
4. What news does Mrs. Loftus give Huck regarding his 'murder'?
5. Whose idea of the after-life does Huck favor?
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