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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What distance has Aunt Polly traveled to check up on Tom?
(a) Eleven miles.
(b) Eleven hundred miles.
(c) Five hundred miles.
(d) Two hundred miles.

3. What falls out of Uncle Silas's hat?
(a) A rat.
(b) Some of his hair.
(c) A spoon.
(d) A shingle nail.

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

5. For Huck, what is the effect of the farmers' visits and Aunt Sally's questions?
(a) He is becoming confused, but tries to stay confident.
(b) He is scared and confused.
(c) He is confident and makes up a good story, as usual.
(d) He is scared, but keeps level-headed.

6. How soon do the King and the Duke make up their quarrel in Chapter 30?
(a) They don't: they become sworn enemies.
(b) In half an hour.
(c) In an hour.
(d) By next morning.

7. What types of snakes do Huck and Tom catch?
(a) Garter snakes and house snakes.
(b) Adders and garter snakes.
(c) House snakes and swamp moccasins.
(d) Rattlesnakes and taipans.

8. 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 dogs knew the boys and Jim.
(c) The boys and Jim crossed water and put them off the scent.
(d) The boys and Jim had too much of a head start.

9. What does Huck confess to Aunt Sally in Chapter 41?
(a) That he had stolen chickens when traveling on the raft.
(b) That he had played pranks on Jim.
(c) That he and Tom had escaped via the lightning rod.
(d) That he had worn her dress.

10. Why will Huck be the first to go into Indian territory?
(a) He wants to make friends with Indians.
(b) He is the best tracker and woodsman.
(c) He wants to escape from Tom's silly schemes.
(d) Because he wants to escape Aunt Sally's plans to adopt and civilize him.

11. What is Mrs. Hotchkiss's opinion of Jim?
(a) That he is crazy.
(b) That he is bad-tempered.
(c) That he is intelligent.
(d) That he is an interesting character.

12. For what reason is Peter Wilks' body to be exhumed?
(a) To see if there is a tattoo on his knee.
(b) To retrieve the money bag from the coffin.
(c) To be utterly certain they have buried the right man in the right grave.
(d) To see if there is a tattoo on his chest.

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

14. What excuse does Huck give the King for his flight from the cemetery?
(a) He was worried about Jim all alone on the raft.
(b) He was worried about Joanna and wanted to find her.
(c) He needed to get away from the crowds.
(d) He claims he was warned he could be hanged.

15. What does Jim throw out the window in Chapter 37?
(a) The rope ladder.
(b) A tin plate.
(c) His vittles.
(d) The witch pie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the King lay the blame for the missing money?

2. How many mottoes does Tom devise for Jim's coat-of-arms?

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

4. How does Huck describe the Spanish moss he sees?

5. According to Tom, how do prisoners always water their plants?

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