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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 is the oracle that Jim consults?
(a) A chicken's liver.
(b) A hairball.
(c) A crystal ball.
(d) The way a toad reacts when it is prodded with a stick.

2. What convinces the ferry captain to investigate the sinking ship?
(a) Huck's story of a good financial reward.
(b) The opportunity for glory in catching murderers.
(c) Huck's harrowing story of women and children in peril..
(d) The possibility of valuable salvage.

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

4. Why are Huck and Jim unable to land the catfish they caught?
(a) The hook comes adrift.
(b) The fish is too enormous for them to handle.
(c) The fish pulls Jim into the water and he has to be rescued.
(d) The line breaks.

5. Which people did Huck and Tom intend to ambush?
(a) Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.
(b) Gypsies.
(c) Magicians.
(d) Arabs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Mrs. Loftus give Huck regarding his 'murder'?

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

3. How do they all make good their escape from the villagers in Chapter 23?

4. Why are the streets of the 'one horse town' empty?

5. What first alerts Mrs. Loftus to the fact that 'Sarah/Mary' is a boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What traits does Huck demonstrate in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How seriously should readers take the disclaimer "By Order of the Author"?

10. Comment on Huck's experience of prayer in Chapter 3.

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