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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 of these statements is closest to a description of Huck's father?
(a) He has a white face, long greasy beard and dark black eyes.
(b) He has wide lips, shaggy hair and very bad breath.
(c) He has a brutal face with a broken nose and a big scar on his left cheek.
(d) He has a ghostly white face, dribbles through broken teeth and has eyes that once might have been intelligent.

2. Where does Huck hide the money in Chapter 27?
(a) In Peter's coffin.
(b) Under Peter's bed.
(c) On the raft.
(d) In Joanna's room.

3. According to what Huck tells the King and the Duke, where did his parents come from?
(a) Orange County in California.
(b) Pike County in Missouri.
(c) Pike County in Illinois.
(d) Carp County in Illinois.

4. Who suggests telling Uncle Harvey about Mary Jane and the mumps?
(a) Joanna.
(b) The Duke.
(c) Huck.
(d) Susan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Huck take refuge during the gunfight after Sophia's elopement?

2. What illness is supposed to be the problem at the Proctors'?

3. Why is Huck feeling "mean and miserable" in Chapter 15?

4. What is the oracle that Jim consults?

5. Where, on the island, do Huck and Jim hide their belongings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Comment on the significance of Huck's practical joke upon Jim.

5. What is the difference between the fraud practiced by the self-styled 'duke' and 'king' and the lies told by Huck?

6. In Chapter 13, why does Huck again find it necessary to adopt a disguise?

7. Comment upon Huck's observation that, in the present situation, "the truth is better, and actuly safer, than a lie."

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

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

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

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