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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 a knife.
(c) Leave the back door open.
(d) Steal three knives.

2. According to Tom, how long did the Marseilles prisoner take to dig out, and where did he emerge?
(a) Two hours to dig through to the prison kitchen.
(b) Thirty-seven years to dig his way to China.
(c) Thirty-seven years to dig in a circle around the prison and arrive where he started.
(d) Thirty-nine years to dig his way to China.

3. Who is Aunt Sally's sister?
(a) Huck's aunt.
(b) Miss Wilks.
(c) Miss Watson.
(d) Tom's mother.

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

5. Why is there no reply to the letters Uncle Silas sends the plantation owners?
(a) The plantation owner has died.
(b) The plantation owner is bad-mannered.
(c) The steamboat carring the mail has been sunk.
(d) The plantation does not exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the King obtain the money to get drunk?

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

3. Which character leaves the raft to check out Pikesville?

4. In Chapter 29, how does the King claim he arrived in the town?

5. How had Tom planned to compensate Jim for the problems he caused him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How has the situation escalated by Chapter 40?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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