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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 30, how many times had Jim been in a courtroom?
(a) Once.
(b) Twice.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 4 times.

2. What is the name of the town where Jim decides Norman should try to sell him?
(a) Bluebird Hole.
(b) Slaughtersville.
(c) Bucksnort.
(d) Hoop and Holler.

3. What last name does Norman use?
(a) Rivers.
(b) Gray.
(c) Brown.
(d) Dryer.

4. What is the farthest Sammy has ever been from the pit saw before she ran with Jim?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 20 yards.
(c) 40 yards.
(d) 1/2 mile.

5. How many times do the bells ring to tell the man shoveling coal into the furnace on the boat to open it up all the way and put all the steam to the wheel?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

6. How many keys are there to the shackles the blacksmith uses on Jim?
(a) 25.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 50.

7. In Part Two, Chapter 7, what direction does Jim think he and Norman should travel?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) East.

8. How many logs do Jim, Norman, and Sammy manage to push into the water when Henderson and other white men approach?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

9. What do the Virginia Minstrels use to blacken their faces when they sing?
(a) Bootblack.
(b) Shoe polish.
(c) Coal dust.
(d) Burnt cork.

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

11. Where do the Duke and the King have Jim shackled in Part One, Chapter 24?
(a) Shed.
(b) Hitching post.
(c) Tree.
(d) Livery.

12. For how many days does Sammy tell Jim that Henderson like to whip new slaves?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

13. Where does Jim have a scar?
(a) Neck.
(b) Right forearm.
(c) Left forearm.
(d) Forehead.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the King call Jim in Part one, Chapter 23?

2. At the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 8, where do Jim and Norman hide on the steamboat?

3. What city does a woman who comes up to Jim after his first performance with the Virginia Minstrels want to talk about?

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

5. In Chapter 29, what song does Emmett want Jim to sing while Norman is putting blackface on him?

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