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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. What idea is it that Huck and his friends don't fully understand [when forming their gang and making plans]?
(a) Remuneration.
(b) Ransom.
(c) Reconciliation.
(d) Redress.

2. Who is the other person Huck tells Mary Jane in Chapter 28 would be in big trouble?
(a) Tom Sawyer.
(b) Jim.
(c) Harney Shepherdson.
(d) Joanna.

3. How does Huck escape from the cabin he has been locked in for three days?
(a) He climbs up the inside of the chimney.
(b) He prizes up the floorboards and escapes that way.
(c) He smashes a window and climbs out.
(d) He saws his way out.

4. What was Peter Wilks's occupation?
(a) Tanner.
(b) Baker.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Printer.

5. How did Tom and Huck become rich?
(a) Huck's father left him $6,000.
(b) Tom's father lent him $6,000.
(c) They recovered $6,000 in gold.
(d) They were given $6,000 for handing over a runaway slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can a snag in the river be recognized?

2. How does Jim react when he first sees Huck in Chapter 8?

3. What convinces the ferry captain to investigate the sinking ship?

4. What is the 'good place' to which Miss Watson keeps referring?

5. In contrast to the expressions of grief acted by the King and the Duke, what does Huck view as a good thing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do readers know that Huck feels deeply for Mary Jane?

2. In what way does the King act opportunistically for his own ends?

3. How do Jim and Huck survive as they travel down the river on the raft?

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

5. What makes Huck ashamed of his humanity in Chapter 24?

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

7. Why is Huck not overly concerned about the auction of the Wilks property?

8. In what sense does Jim reach his moral nadir when he considers buying his children from their owner?

9. In what ways are the scoundrels able to gain favor with the Wilks girls and the townsfolk?

10. What is significant about the murder of Boggs?

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