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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was it ineffective to set the dogs on the gang in Chapter 40?
(a) The boys fed the dogs a sleeping drug.
(b) The boys and Jim crossed water and put them off the scent.
(c) The boys and Jim had too much of a head start.
(d) The dogs knew the boys and Jim.

2. What secret does Jim reveal at the end of the book?
(a) That he is really an African prince and can reward all of them.
(b) That there is more money hidden on the raft.
(c) That Huck's father shot two of the Grangerfords.
(d) That Huck's father was the dead man inside the floating house.

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

4. How does Huck re-enter the house in Chapter 34?
(a) Through the front door
(b) Through the back door.
(c) By climbing the lightning rod.
(d) Through a side window.

5. Where does Tom leave an anonymous letter?
(a) At the back of the neck of a sleeping slave.
(b) Under Aunt Sally's pillow.
(c) Sticking out from the front doormat.
(d) In the fist of a sleeping slave.

6. How do Huck and Tom exit the house in Chapter 36?
(a) Through the front window.
(b) Down the lightning rod.
(c) Out the back door.
(d) Through the storm cellar.

7. What is Aunt Sally doing when Huck again escapes down the lightning rod?
(a) Baking bread.
(b) Having a loud argument with Uncle Silas.
(c) Mending her torn dress.
(d) Sleeping.

8. Why does Tom Sawyer say "H'aint ever done you no harm"?
(a) He fears Huck will blackmail him about Jim.
(b) He thinks Huck is about to assault him.
(c) He thinks Huck is about to steal his horse.
(d) He thinks Huck is a ghost come to haunt him.

9. Why is Huck "mighty thankful to the old doctor"?
(a) For helping to hide Tom from the men and dogs.
(b) Because he spoke up for Jim.
(c) Because he didn't amputate Tom's leg.
(d) For listening to what Jim had to say.

10. What makes Huck squirm in Chapter 30?
(a) Hearing his lie about the Wilks slaves being repeated.
(b) Thinking about the lies he's been telling.
(c) The dinner that has disagreed with him.
(d) Seeing Jim dressed as an Arab.

11. According to Tom, what is the problem with Jim's captivity?
(a) Difficulties have to be invented.
(b) Difficulties could make it impossible to achieve.
(c) Getting past the other slaves.
(d) Getting across the moat.

12. How many mottoes does Tom devise for Jim's coat-of-arms?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

13. What kind of enterprise does the Phelps family have?
(a) A cotton plantation.
(b) A chicken farm.
(c) A hog farm.
(d) They run cattle.

14. Where was Aunt Sally's apron in Chapter 37?
(a) In a closet.
(b) She was wearing it.
(c) Hanging on a chair.
(d) On the clothes-line.

15. Why is there no reply to the letters Uncle Silas sends the plantation owners?
(a) The plantation owner has died.
(b) The steamboat carring the mail has been sunk.
(c) The plantation does not exist.
(d) The plantation owner is bad-mannered.

Short Answer Questions

1. How soon do the King and the Duke make up their quarrel in Chapter 30?

2. Why isn't Jim able to sleep in Chapter 39?

3. What is Mrs. Hotchkiss's opinion of Jim?

4. Who dresses in Aunt Sally's clothes in Chapter 40?

5. In Chapter 30, what do the King and the Duke accuse each other of doing?

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