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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. Why didn't Huck mind Uncle Silas' long blessing?
(a) He was becoming religious.
(b) He didn't listen.
(c) The food was so good.
(d) He had taken a great liking to Uncle Silas.

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

3. Where was Aunt Sally's apron in Chapter 37?
(a) Hanging on a chair.
(b) On the clothes-line.
(c) In a closet.
(d) She was wearing it.

4. What does Jim throw out the window in Chapter 37?
(a) A tin plate.
(b) The rope ladder.
(c) His vittles.
(d) The witch pie.

5. Who works out that Jim is confined in the ash hopper?
(a) Tom Sawyer.
(b) Huck Finn.
(c) Harney Shepherdson.
(d) Silas Marner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many gun-toting farmers were in the sitting-room in Chapter 40?

2. What is Tom's reaction when he hears that there are men with guns after the gang?

3. What injury has the real William Wilks sustained?

4. How does Huck re-enter the house in Chapter 34?

5. What does the Duke threaten to do to the King if he lies again?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Huck intend to deal with the problem of the arrival of the real Tom Sawyer?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Comment on Tom's proposed plans to recompense and appease Jim, who has suffered the most from Tom's absurd endeavors.

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

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

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