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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. In Chapter 35, what does Tom instruct Huck to do?
(a) Steal some food.
(b) Steal three knives.
(c) Steal a knife.
(d) Leave the back door open.

2. What is Mrs. Hotchkiss's opinion of Jim?
(a) That he is an interesting character.
(b) That he is crazy.
(c) That he is bad-tempered.
(d) That he is intelligent.

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

4. What is the slave guard afraid of?
(a) Witches.
(b) Silas Phelps.
(c) Jim.
(d) Being deprived of food.

5. What secret does Jim reveal at the end of the book?
(a) That Huck's father was the dead man inside the floating house.
(b) That there is more money hidden on the raft.
(c) That he is really an African prince and can reward all of them.
(d) That Huck's father shot two of the Grangerfords.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was it ineffective to set the dogs on the gang in Chapter 40?

3. Who keeps hold of Huck's hand in Chapter 29?

4. How do Huck and Tom exit the house in Chapter 36?

5. From the list below, select the set of character traits Tom Sawyer is shown to have, as shown in Chapter 34.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How has the situation escalated by Chapter 40?

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

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

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

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

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