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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. According to what Huck tells the King and the Duke, where did his parents come from?
(a) Pike County in Missouri.
(b) Orange County in California.
(c) Carp County in Illinois.
(d) Pike County in Illinois.

2. In Chapter 13, what is Jim's attitude to the adventure he and Huck have just experienced?
(a) Enthusiastic. He can't wait for the next opportunity, though he does have some criticism.
(b) Negative. He didn't enjoy it and doesn't want similar adventures.
(c) Ambivalent. He is uncertain about the moral status of what they have just done.
(d) Compliant. He likes Huck to lead, enjoyed the adventure and falls in with Huck's ideas.

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

4. What action does Jim fear will bring bad luck?
(a) Touching a snake's skin.
(b) Pulling floating bread from the river.
(c) Spitting into the wind.
(d) Falling over a black cat.

5. What is the oracle that Jim consults?
(a) A crystal ball.
(b) The way a toad reacts when it is prodded with a stick.
(c) A hairball.
(d) A chicken's liver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Huck lose interest in Moses?

2. How does Huck escape from the cabin he has been locked in for three days?

3. Who is the servant, Adolphus?

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

5. Who gives new clothes to Pappy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What traits does Huck demonstrate in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

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

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

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