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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 doesn't the Duke like about the King's portrayal of Juliet?
(a) The fact that he has a beard.
(b) His voice is too soft to be heard.
(c) He is becoming too emotional in the role.
(d) He is bellowing when he should be speaking softly.

2. What forms the basis of the humorous conversation in Chapter 14?
(a) Huck telling Jim more tall stories.
(b) Huck's American vernacular.
(c) Huck's garbled retelling of matter he has just read about.
(d) Jim's accent.

3. Where does Huck take refuge during the gunfight after Sophia's elopement?
(a) In Emeline's bedroom.
(b) In his canoe.
(c) In a tree.
(d) Under the wood heap.

4. What was Peter Wilks's occupation?
(a) Tanner.
(b) Printer.
(c) Baker.
(d) Doctor.

5. How does Huck augment his and Jim's diet of river fish and shot waterfowl?
(a) He steals oranges and grapefruit.
(b) He steals chickens and raids gardens for things like watermelons.
(c) He finds food scraps outside restaurants.
(d) He buys cornmeal flour in a village.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 28, where was the auction held?

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

3. Why is Huck worried when the coffin lid is screwed on?

4. What is Huck's reaction to the widow's prayer?

5. Why do the murderers defer leaving in the skiff?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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