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

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

3. What is the problem with Jim keeping a journal?

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

5. Why is there no reply to the letters Uncle Silas sends the plantation owners?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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 his account of the con men's humiliation reinforce that Huck's character is maturing?

7. What precautions are taken in the Phelps household after the notes are received?

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

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

10. How has the situation escalated by Chapter 40?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The activities of the King and the Duke show readers as much about the victims of fraud as it does about the perpetrators. Discuss, making close reference to the text. Include a detailed discussion of one of these characters' scams.

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

Discuss the important differences between the characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, as presented in the first four chapters of the novel.

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