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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. From the list below, select the set of character traits Tom Sawyer is shown to have, as shown in Chapter 34.
(a) Imaginative, brave, true to his word, innovative, romantic.
(b) Practical, slippery, easily led, sly, romantic.
(c) Untrustworthy, attractive, serious, risk-taking, brave.
(d) Innovative, easily led, amoral, gullible.

2. How does the doctor rate Huck as a liar?
(a) Very creative at it.
(b) Poorly.
(c) Excellently.
(d) He is unaware that Huck is telling lies.

3. How many mottoes does Tom devise for Jim's coat-of-arms?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

4. Why does Tom Sawyer say "H'aint ever done you no harm"?
(a) He thinks Huck is a ghost come to haunt him.
(b) He thinks Huck is about to steal his horse.
(c) He fears Huck will blackmail him about Jim.
(d) He thinks Huck is about to assault him.

5. According to Huck, what delayed his steamer?
(a) It had to circle around to pick up a passenger who'd fallen overboard.
(b) It blew a cylinder head.
(c) It was held up by bad weather.
(d) It ran aground.

Short Answer Questions

1. What 'relict' do the boys procure from the garret in Chapter 37?

2. Why does Huck dress as a servant girl?

3. Why does Huck think he has no money left?

4. What does Huck think is "the lonesomest sound in the whole world"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Comment upon the serious layer of meaning in the escapade to free Jim.

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

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

5. Is there any rationale for the King confessing to hiding the money in the coffin?

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

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

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

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

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

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