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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. Name the figurative language used in "the wind was trying to whisper something to me."
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Personification.

2. How many logs worth selling do Pap and Huck find?
(a) Nine.
(b) Ten.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Six.

3. Which alias does the Duke adopt for the performance?
(a) An actor called Billie Langtry.
(b) An actor called David Garrick the Elder.
(c) An actor called Thoman Kean the incredible.
(d) An actor called David Garrick the Younger.

4. What are yallarboys?
(a) Gold coins.
(b) Children suffering from jaundice.
(c) A type of fish.
(d) Cowardly youths.

5. What has been bringing many people to town in Chapter 21?
(a) A circus.
(b) A salesman selling a new embrocation.
(c) A performance of opera.
(d) A traveling freak show.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had the Grangerfords' beautiful oil cloth table cover come from?

2. What explanation does 'Sarah/Mary' Williams give for her journey?

3. How does Huck augment his and Jim's diet of river fish and shot waterfowl?

4. Why isn't Lawyer Bell present in Chapter 25?

5. What is the name of the sunken steamer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How might Pappy's rejection of Huck's achievements at school be explained?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Huck's initial attitude towards Jim?

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

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

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