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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. In Jim's eyes, how is Huck different?
(a) Jim says Huck is the only 'white' person who has ever honored a promise to him.
(b) Jim notes that Huck has little care for money.
(c) Jim thinks Huck is braver than anyone else he knows.
(d) Jim says Huck is 'true blue' and is helping him.

2. What does Jim confide to Huck in Chapter 23?
(a) That he didn't realize scarlet fever had made his daughter deaf and punished her for not obeying him.
(b) That he is really a descendent of Thomas Jefferson.
(c) That he is glad to be away from his family because the children are noisy and disobedient.
(d) That he stole money and jewelry from Miss Watson and has hidden these on Jackson Island.

3. What is the 'good place' to which Miss Watson keeps referring?
(a) Baton Rouge.
(b) Church.
(c) Heaven.
(d) The cemetery.

4. What is the source of the commotion in the cellar in Chapter 27?
(a) A dog that has found a rat.
(b) The King and the Duke fighting over the money.
(c) A dog has baled up a runaway slave.
(d) A drunken mourner has raided a wine barrell.

5. What does Huck do with his money?
(a) He gives the money to an anti-slavery movement.
(b) He signs the entire amount to Judge Thatcher.
(c) He asks Judge Thatcher to give it to the Widow.
(d) He asks Judge Thatcher to invest all the money in pork bellies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Huck and Jim first conceal themselves on the Illinois shore?

2. Who gives new clothes to Pappy?

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

4. Who was allowed to sleep in Emmeline Grangerford's room?

5. What is unusual about the tracks Huck finds in the snow?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the psychological card Colonel Sherburn plays so successfully during the confrontation?

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

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

8. How does Twainagain explore the idea of conscience in Chapter 23?

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

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

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