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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many dogs does Henderson have?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 8.

3. How much does Daniel Decatur Emmett offer Wiley for Jim?
(a) $200.
(b) $225.
(c) $100.
(d) $150.

4. In Chapter 26, what does Easter say a man was lynched for upriver?
(a) Stealing food.
(b) Stealing a pencil.
(c) Looking at a white woman.
(d) Taking a book.

5. Where do Huck and Jim sleep in Chapter 24?
(a) Wood floor.
(b) Pile of straw.
(c) Dirt floor.
(d) Pile of hay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town where Jim decides Norman should try to sell him?

2. In Chapter 31, how many performances does Jim owe Everett?

3. In Chapter 23, what are most of the slaves doing?

4. In Chapter 26, how many horse shoes is Jim to make?

5. In Part Two, Chapter 8, how much sleep does the man shoveling coal into the furnace on the boat get?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jim get two lash scars across his back?

2. Why does Jim have to stay at the livery when the Duke and the King leave?

3. In Part One, Chapter 24, what happens when the Duke and the King take Jim and Huck to a livery?

4. How do Jim and Norman get food after they escape from Henderson after Sammy's dies?

5. How does Norman describe Jim to an old white woman in Bluebird Hole?

6. What is Jim's job when he is sold to Henderson?

7. Why do the Virginia Ministrels have to make a sudden departure in Part One, Chapter 31?

8. What do Jim and Norman do when they get on the riverboat?

9. In Part One, Chapter 24, why does Huck think Jim does not trust him?

10. Who is Frank McHart?

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