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

2. In Chapter 30, what do the King and the Duke accuse each other of doing?
(a) Trying to drown Huck,
(b) Hiding the money in the coffin.
(c) Flirting with Mary Jane.
(d) Trying to escape with the money.

3. How many mottoes does Tom devise for Jim's coat-of-arms?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

4. Where does Huck hide the raft in Chapter 31?
(a) On the other side of the river.
(b) At a woody island in the river.
(c) On Jackson's Island.
(d) Under the sawmill's landing-stage.

5. What prevents Jim from being hanged?
(a) Financial considerations - they'd have to pay his owner for him.
(b) Pleas from Huck and Tom.
(c) Convenience.
(d) Compassion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Hotchkiss's opinion of Jim?

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

3. For what reason is Peter Wilks' body to be exhumed?

4. Why didn't Huck mind Uncle Silas' long blessing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Tom overreach himself in his elaborate construction of fantasy in Chapter 39?

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

6. What happens to expose the King's lie about his arrival in the town?

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

8. By Chapter 38, what is Jim's attitude to the efforts being made on his behalf?

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

10. In what way is Huck's and Tom's relationship changing by Chapter 36?

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