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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What are the clues that there is someone in the ash hopper?

4. According to Huck, what delayed his steamer?

5. What does the Duke threaten to do to the King if he lies again?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How has the situation escalated by Chapter 40?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What human vice ironically provides the means for Huck and the con men to escape after the Wilks fraud?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The most lyrical moments in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn concern Huck's response to nature. Examine Huck's relationship with the natural world, dealing closely with two passages of your choice. How do these passages illuminate Huck's character for us?

Essay Topic 2

Female characters in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are somewhat marginalized. Do you agree? Discuss with close reference to the text.

Essay Topic 3

The action in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn teeters between the comic and the tragic. Do you agree? Refer to specific incidents.

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