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

2. Why do Huck and Jim leave the baby's bottle in the house?
(a) It is broken.
(b) They think it contains poison.
(c) It is too small to use as a water bottle.
(d) It contains sour milk and would be diffficult to clean.

3. What word should Huck have used instead of "dolphin"?
(a) Dapin.
(b) Whale.
(c) Catfish.
(d) Dauphin.

4. What is the name of the sunken steamer?
(a) The Nellie.
(b) The Walter Stott.
(c) The Miss Charlotte.
(d) The Walter Scott.

5. What happens two days after the funeral?
(a) The King borrows a substantial sum of money.
(b) The King puts the property and slaves up for sale.
(c) Huck digs up the coffin.
(d) The King preaches a sermon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these statements is closest to a description of Huck's father?

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

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

4. What is the oracle that Jim consults?

5. How does Huck give himself thinking time when questions about England become awkward?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is significant about the murder of Boggs?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Huck discover that the local authorities are in pursuit of Jim?

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

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

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

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