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

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

3. What is the problem with Jim being imprisoned in a log cabin?
(a) It is very cold there at night.
(b) It is easy for others to hear what is going on inside it.
(c) There is no rock on which he can trace his coat-of-arms.
(d) There is nowhere for Huck and Tom to hide should someone come by.

4. According to Tom, what is the problem with Jim's captivity?
(a) Difficulties have to be invented.
(b) Getting across the moat.
(c) Difficulties could make it impossible to achieve.
(d) Getting past the other slaves.

5. Why is Jim lavishly fussed over by the aunts?
(a) They haven't met a freed slave before.
(b) They discover how wonderful Jim was in helping the doctor care for Tom.
(c) They don't want him to think badly of them.
(d) They want to make up for all Jim's unnecessary tribulations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret does Huck share with Tom in Chapter 33?

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

3. How does Tom arrive back at the Phelps farm in Chapter 42?

4. Where was Aunt Sally's apron in Chapter 37?

5. What does Aunt Sally think is wrong with Huck in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How has the situation escalated by Chapter 40?

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

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

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

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

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

10. When responding Chapter 42, what conclusion is it possible to make concerning a romantic view of the world?

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