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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 has "no more smile to him than there is to a ham"?
(a) Jim.
(b) The King.
(c) Peter.
(d) The undertaker.

2. Where does Huck hide the money in Chapter 27?
(a) Under Peter's bed.
(b) On the raft.
(c) In Peter's coffin.
(d) In Joanna's room.

3. In Chapter 28, where was the auction held?
(a) On the porch of the house.
(b) On the veranda of the general store.
(c) In the public square.
(d) In the church hall.

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

5. What is unusual about the tracks Huck finds in the snow?
(a) There is a cross in the right boot heel.
(b) There are additional marks made by a spur.
(c) There is a cross in the left boot heel.
(d) The footprints are unusually large and heavy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Huck and Jim unable to land the catfish they caught?

2. What are yallarboys?

3. What happens two days after the funeral?

4. What calamity befalls Huck and Jim at the end of Chapter 16?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the special relevance of the catastrophe related in Chapter 18?

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

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

7. In what way can the character of Pappy be seen purely as social commentary?

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

9. In what sense does Jim reach his moral nadir when he considers buying his children from their owner?

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

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