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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 secret does Jim reveal at the end of the book?
(a) That Huck's father shot two of the Grangerfords.
(b) That Huck's father was the dead man inside the floating house.
(c) That he is really an African prince and can reward all of them.
(d) That there is more money hidden on the raft.

2. Where is Aunt Sally's calico dress in Chapter 42?
(a) In the mending basket.
(b) Aunt Sally is wearing it.
(c) It's being worn by Jim.
(d) One of the slave women is wearing it.

3. How had Tom planned to compensate Jim for the problems he caused him?
(a) To buy a house for him, his wife and children.
(b) To give him a job scouting in Indian territory.
(c) To have further river adventures and have a brass band procession.
(d) To organize a concert in his honor.

4. In Chapter 30, what do the King and the Duke accuse each other of doing?
(a) Trying to escape with the money.
(b) Flirting with Mary Jane.
(c) Hiding the money in the coffin.
(d) Trying to drown Huck,

5. Where does the King lay the blame for the missing money?
(a) Tom Collins.
(b) Thieves.
(c) The undertaker.
(d) The slaves from the Wilks household.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the stranger from Hicksville?

3. Why does Huck dress as a servant girl?

4. What is the slave guard afraid of?

5. What does Huck see behind the smokehouse in Chapter 35?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way does each boy's rescue plan for Jim reflect his outlook on life?

3. Comment on the way in which Tom and Huck confuse the slave who is guarding Jim.

4. In what way does his account of the con men's humiliation reinforce that Huck's character is maturing?

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

6. What is ironic about Huck's comment to Tom: "Your head gets leveler and leveler all the time"?

7. In what way is Huck's and Tom's relationship changing by Chapter 36?

8. How does Tom overreach himself in his elaborate construction of fantasy in Chapter 39?

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

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

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