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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. According to Tom, how long did the Marseilles prisoner take to dig out, and where did he emerge?

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

3. What does Jim throw out the window in Chapter 37?

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

5. Why is Huck "mighty thankful to the old doctor"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In what way does the opening paragraph of Chapter 31 foreshadow following events?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

In view of the events and ideas in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, explain what could be meant by 'society's make-believe' (Chapter 3). How important is this concept to the novel as a whole?

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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