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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. Where is Aunt Sally's calico dress in Chapter 42?
(a) Aunt Sally is wearing it.
(b) One of the slave women is wearing it.
(c) In the mending basket.
(d) It's being worn by Jim.

2. What excuse does Huck give the King for his flight from the cemetery?
(a) He was worried about Joanna and wanted to find her.
(b) He needed to get away from the crowds.
(c) He claims he was warned he could be hanged.
(d) He was worried about Jim all alone on the raft.

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

4. Why does Huck say in Chapter 32 that he needs to make a trip to town?
(a) To exercise the horse.
(b) To collect his baggage.
(c) To collect money.
(d) To meet another steamboat.

5. How did the King obtain the money to get drunk?
(a) He had kept some of the Wilks family's money.
(b) He stole from an old woman.
(c) He robbed a house.
(d) He sold Jim as a runaway slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the doctor rate Huck as a liar?

2. What falls out of Uncle Silas's hat?

3. Where does Tom leave an anonymous letter?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is made a scapegoat in the matter of the spoons and the rats?

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

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

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

8. How has the situation escalated by Chapter 40?

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

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

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