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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 does the Duke threaten to do to the King if he lies again?
(a) To drown him.
(b) To tar and feather him.
(c) To strip him and push him overboard.
(d) To take his whiskey away from him.

2. In Chapter 32, who does Huck say gave him breakfast?
(a) The steamboat Captain.
(b) A generous passenger on the steamboat.
(c) A nearby farmer.
(d) A lady at the steamboat landing.

3. What suggests that Jim is only playing along with the two boys in their outrageous escape plan?
(a) He has told another slave about the escapade.
(b) He humors them by going along with the silly, romantic nonsense.
(c) He can unshackle himself at will.
(d) He threatens to leave if he has to put himself in physical danger.

4. Who is the stranger from Hicksville?
(a) Tom Sawyer.
(b) Judge Thatcher.
(c) Harvey Wilks.
(d) Huckleberry Finn.

5. What makes Huck squirm in Chapter 30?
(a) The dinner that has disagreed with him.
(b) Hearing his lie about the Wilks slaves being repeated.
(c) Seeing Jim dressed as an Arab.
(d) Thinking about the lies he's been telling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of snakes do Huck and Tom catch?

2. What is Aunt Sally doing when Huck again escapes down the lightning rod?

3. Why was it ineffective to set the dogs on the gang in Chapter 40?

4. For what reason is Peter Wilks' body to be exhumed?

5. How does Jim receive his food while in captivity?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the situation escalated by Chapter 40?

2. How does Huck feel when he glimpses the King and the Duke rowing fast towards the raft in Chapter 29?

3. What steps in Huck's journey to maturity are dealt with Chapter 31?

4. Is there any way in which Tom Sawyer's character appears a little unpleasant at this point in the novel (by Chapter 35)?

5. By Chapter 38, what is Jim's attitude to the efforts being made on his behalf?

6. What precautions are taken in the Phelps household after the notes are received?

7. How do the events of Chapter 37 continue to sustain Twain's satirical purpose?

8. What happens to expose the King's lie about his arrival in the town?

9. What techniques does Twain employ Chapter 35 to create humor?

10. By what means does Twain resolve the complicated story that is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

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