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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Jim and Huck see throw themselves off a burning steamboat at the end of Part One, Chapter 21?
(a) A man.
(b) A woman.
(c) An elderly man.
(d) 2 children.

2. In Chapter 26, how many horse shoes is Jim to make?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

3. How much does Norman think it will cost to buy his wife?
(a) $500.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $1,500.
(d) $1,000.

4. What color hair does the man have who owns Easter?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) White.

5. In Chapter 27, what is the name of the tenor Daniel Decatur Emmett lost?
(a) Raleigh Nuggets.
(b) Charles Duncan.
(c) Andrew Buckets.
(d) William Stockson.

6. What is the name of the man in charge of the engine room and the slave running the engine room?
(a) Richard.
(b) Andy.
(c) William.
(d) Corey.

7. What does the duke hit the blacksmith with?
(a) Buggy whip.
(b) Rope.
(c) Lash.
(d) Switch.

8. In Part Two, Chapter 8, how much sleep does the man shoveling coal into the furnace on the boat get?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) Little naps.
(d) A couple hours.

9. At the end of Chapter 22, how many times does the Duke hit Jim around his thighs?
(a) 10 times or so.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) Not quite 20.

10. In Part Two, Chapter 9, how many times does the bell ring?
(a) 3.
(b) 6 or 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 4 or 5.

11. What instrument does Norman play?
(a) Drum.
(b) Flute.
(c) Fiddle.
(d) Banjo.

12. Where does the Duke whip Easter?
(a) Shoulder.
(b) Arm and chest.
(c) Back and arm.
(d) Leg.

13. What noise can be heard in Part Two, Chapter 9, in addition to the boiler noise?
(a) Hum.
(b) Rumble.
(c) Roar.
(d) Whistle.

14. How old was Jim when he got the two lash scars on his back?
(a) 13.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

15. What instrument does Big Mike play?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Clarinet.
(c) Flute.
(d) Banjo.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Norman say Emmett threatened to hang Jim when Emmett learned Jim had run away?

2. What is the name of the woman who talks to Jim after his first performance with the Virginia Minstrels?

3. Before the Mississippi River meets the Ohio River, in what direction is it flowing?

4. In Chapter 26, what does Easter say a man was lynched for upriver?

5. How many keys are there to the shackles the blacksmith uses on Jim?

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