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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Huck explain Tom's wound to the doctor in Chapter 41?
(a) He explains that Tom was cleaning the gun when it discharged.
(b) He says Tom kicked a gun in his sleep, during a dream..
(c) He claims a bandit did the deed.
(d) He claims that Tom slipped and fell and the gun discharged.

2. What sociable activity do Jim and the boys share in Chapter 36?
(a) Eating.
(b) Chewing tobacco and telling stories.
(c) Smoking corncob pipes.
(d) Telling stories.

3. Why does Huck say in Chapter 32 that he needs to make a trip to town?
(a) To meet another steamboat.
(b) To collect money.
(c) To exercise the horse.
(d) To collect his baggage.

4. What time is it when the boys become too tired to carry on?
(a) Around midnight.
(b) Two in the morning.
(c) Four in the morning.
(d) Supper-time.

5. What 'relict' do the boys procure from the garret in Chapter 37?
(a) A strong-box.
(b) A silver candlestick.
(c) An iron pot.
(d) A brass warming pan.

6. Who keeps hold of Huck's hand in Chapter 29?
(a) The doctor.
(b) The lawyer.
(c) Joanna.
(d) Susan.

7. What secret does Huck share with Tom in Chapter 33?
(a) That the King and the Duke are after him.
(b) The place where the raft is hidden.
(c) That he has money hidden away.
(d) That he is trying to steal Jim out of slavery.

8. What is the slave guard afraid of?
(a) Being deprived of food.
(b) Jim.
(c) Witches.
(d) Silas Phelps.

9. How had Tom planned to compensate Jim for the problems he caused him?
(a) To organize a concert in his honor.
(b) To have further river adventures and have a brass band procession.
(c) To give him a job scouting in Indian territory.
(d) To buy a house for him, his wife and children.

10. Where is Aunt Sally's calico dress in Chapter 42?
(a) In the mending basket.
(b) It's being worn by Jim.
(c) Aunt Sally is wearing it.
(d) One of the slave women is wearing it.

11. Who works out that Jim is confined in the ash hopper?
(a) Silas Marner.
(b) Harney Shepherdson.
(c) Tom Sawyer.
(d) Huck Finn.

12. What does Aunt Sally think is wrong with Huck in Chapter 40?
(a) He has sleep deprivation.
(b) He has influenza.
(c) He has brain fever.
(d) He has been eating jimson weed.

13. Where will Huck be able to find Jim?
(a) At the Phelps farm.
(b) At Abram G. Foster's farm.
(c) In jail.
(d) On the raft.

14. Why isn't Jim able to sleep in Chapter 39?
(a) Huck and Tom make too much noise.
(b) He is disturbed by the animals' activity.
(c) He is excited about escaping.
(d) He is afraid of witches.

15. How does Jim receive his food while in captivity?
(a) On a salver.
(b) On a tin plate.
(c) On a trencher made with fried bread.
(d) On a pan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of snakes do Huck and Tom catch?

2. What secret does Jim reveal at the end of the book?

3. Why can't Tom get back up the lightning rod?

4. Why does Huck think he has no money left?

5. What distance has Aunt Polly traveled to check up on Tom?

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