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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which encores does the Duke suggest Chapter 21?
(a) The Highland fling, the sailor's hornpipe and Hamlet's soliloquy.
(b) The Highland fling, the Irish jig and Malvolio's tirade.
(c) Hamlet's soliloquy, the Highland fling and the sword-dance.
(d) Hamlet's soliloquy, the death of Macbeth and the death of Juliet.

2. What action does Jim fear will bring bad luck?
(a) Falling over a black cat.
(b) Pulling floating bread from the river.
(c) Spitting into the wind.
(d) Touching a snake's skin.

3. In contrast to the expressions of grief acted by the King and the Duke, what does Huck view as a good thing?
(a) Frankness.
(b) Capital.
(c) Music.
(d) Honesty.

4. How can a snag in the river be recognized?
(a) By the height of the waves.
(b) By the way it sticks out of the water.
(c) Through the appearance of a streak in the water.
(d) By a swirl and ripple in the water.

5. What forms the basis of the humorous conversation in Chapter 14?
(a) Huck's American vernacular.
(b) Huck's garbled retelling of matter he has just read about.
(c) Jim's accent.
(d) Huck telling Jim more tall stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the tracks Huck finds in the snow?

2. In what way is Huck's time with his father spoiled?

3. Why is Huck worried when the coffin lid is screwed on?

4. What is one symbol that the fog represents?

5. Where does Huck go to cook his supper in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important difference between Huck and Jim is suggested during the conversation about King Solomon?

2. What makes the river a dangerous, as well as an idyllic, place to be?

3. What does Chapter 4 show the reader about Huckleberry Finn's character?

4. How does Twain satirize popular literature in Chapter 17?

5. What is the special relevance of the catastrophe related in Chapter 18?

6. How does Joanna demonstrate that she has intelligence and a healthy skepticism?

7. What traits does Huck demonstrate in Chapter 7?

8. Comment on the capacity for fantasy possessed by each main character as seen by Chapter 2 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

9. Why does Huck consider moving the money from its hiding-place in Peter Wilks' coffin?

10. What is significant about the murder of Boggs?

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