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

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

3. How soon do the King and the Duke make up their quarrel in Chapter 30?
(a) They don't: they become sworn enemies.
(b) In an hour.
(c) By next morning.
(d) In half an hour.

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

5. How many gun-toting farmers were in the sitting-room in Chapter 40?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jim initially confused about getting a coat-of-arms?

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

3. What kind of enterprise does the Phelps family have?

4. At what point do Huck and Tom enter Jim's cabin?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Jim's final act of kindness towards Huck?

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

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

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

7. How does Huck feel when he glimpses the King and the Duke rowing fast towards the raft in Chapter 29?

8. How do the events of Chapter 37 continue to sustain Twain's satirical purpose?

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

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

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