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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Aunt Sally's sister?
(a) Huck's aunt.
(b) Miss Wilks.
(c) Miss Watson.
(d) Tom's mother.
2. What is Mrs. Hotchkiss's opinion of Jim?
(a) That he is intelligent.
(b) That he is crazy.
(c) That he is bad-tempered.
(d) That he is an interesting character.
3. Where is Aunt Sally's calico dress in Chapter 42?
(a) Aunt Sally is wearing it.
(b) One of the slave women is wearing it.
(c) It's being worn by Jim.
(d) In the mending basket.
4. Where was Aunt Sally's apron in Chapter 37?
(a) In a closet.
(b) On the clothes-line.
(c) Hanging on a chair.
(d) She was wearing it.
5. What does Aunt Sally think is wrong with Huck in Chapter 40?
(a) He has brain fever.
(b) He has been eating jimson weed.
(c) He has influenza.
(d) He has sleep deprivation.
6. Who keeps hold of Huck's hand in Chapter 29?
(a) Joanna.
(b) The lawyer.
(c) The doctor.
(d) Susan.
7. Why can't Tom get back up the lightning rod?
(a) The lightning rod is cold and slippery.
(b) There's danger he might be seen.
(c) Huck broke it.
(d) His hands are too sore.
8. What is the slave guard afraid of?
(a) Witches.
(b) Being deprived of food.
(c) Silas Phelps.
(d) Jim.
9. 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.
10. What suggests that Jim is only playing along with the two boys in their outrageous escape plan?
(a) He has told another slave about the escapade.
(b) He humors them by going along with the silly, romantic nonsense.
(c) He can unshackle himself at will.
(d) He threatens to leave if he has to put himself in physical danger.
11. Why is there no reply to the letters Uncle Silas sends the plantation owners?
(a) The plantation owner is bad-mannered.
(b) The plantation owner has died.
(c) The steamboat carring the mail has been sunk.
(d) The plantation does not exist.
12. What sociable activity do Jim and the boys share in Chapter 36?
(a) Eating.
(b) Chewing tobacco and telling stories.
(c) Telling stories.
(d) Smoking corncob pipes.
13. Which animal does Tom suggest Jim might tame?
(a) A rattlesnake.
(b) A dog.
(c) A large spider.
(d) A rat.
14. Why didn't Huck mind Uncle Silas' long blessing?
(a) The food was so good.
(b) He had taken a great liking to Uncle Silas.
(c) He didn't listen.
(d) He was becoming religious.
15. What explanation for Tom's absence does Huck give Uncle Silas in Chapter 41?
(a) He says Tom has gone to the blacksmith's to see what is going on.
(b) He says he has gone to the post office to see what is going on.
(c) He says Tom has gone fishing.
(d) He says Tom is asleep in a canoe upriver.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who built Silas Phelps' church?
2. What makes Huck squirm in Chapter 30?
3. In Chapter 29, how does the King claim he arrived in the town?
4. Where does the King lay the blame for the missing money?
5. What does the Duke threaten to do to the King if he lies again?
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