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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 is Aunt Sally doing when Huck again escapes down the lightning rod?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Mending her torn dress.
(c) Having a loud argument with Uncle Silas.
(d) Baking bread.

2. Who built Silas Phelps' church?
(a) He built it himself.
(b) He obtained funds from the Unitarians.
(c) He had the building floated in from Baton Rouge.
(d) He raised money in the village.

3. Why is Silas Phelps scared?
(a) He thinks something dreadful has happened to the boat.
(b) He has received a stern letter from his bank manager.
(c) He has been to the Nonsuch and doesn't want Sally to find out.
(d) He thinks he has an illness.

4. With the case-knives not working, what does Tom then choose for digging tools?
(a) Hoes.
(b) Rakes.
(c) Picks.
(d) Spades.

5. Why does Huck say in Chapter 32 that he needs to make a trip to town?
(a) To meet another steamboat.
(b) To collect money.
(c) To collect his baggage.
(d) To exercise the horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Huck mind Uncle Silas' long blessing?

2. Where will Huck be able to find Jim?

3. According to Tom, what is the problem with Jim's captivity?

4. According to Tom, how long did the Marseilles prisoner take to dig out, and where did he emerge?

5. Why does Huck dress as a servant girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what interesting way does the arrival of Tom Sawyer in Chapter 33 develop the narrative?

2. Who is made a scapegoat in the matter of the spoons and the rats?

3. What final absurdity does Tom attempt in Chapter 40?

4. How does Aunt Sally respond to Huck's information about the way the boys entered and exited via the lightning rod?

5. In what way does Huck get more than he's bargained for at the Phelps farm?

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

7. How has the situation escalated by Chapter 40?

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

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

10. Account for the way the townspeople now view Jim as some sort of lunatic in Chapter 41.

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