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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. What does Jim catch after recovering from the snake bite?

2. What name does Huck take when he goes to see if Jim's family is okay?

3. In Part One, Chapter 13, what name does Huck give some men who are looking for a runaway slave?

4. What berries do Jim and Huck find on Jackson Island?

5. How many times has Josiah tried to escape in Part One, Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Huck and Jim escape when some men come upon them in Part One?

2. What does Huck tell Jim about a feud between the Shepherdsons and Grangerfords?

3. What happens when Huck explores a wrecked steamboat?

4. Why does Jim get sick on Jackson Island?

5. When it snows in early spring, how do the Blacks get wood?

6. Why is Sadie concerned for Jim in Part One, Chapter 4?

7. What do Jim and Huck find in the robbers' skiff, and what do they keep?

8. What story does Huck tell the men who call themselves King and Duke?

9. What does Miss Wilson ask Jim to do when she learns that Huck's father is back in town?

10. What do Huck and Jim see when they come to a revival with the Duke and the King?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A character arc is the inner journey of a character in a book. What is Jim’s character arc, and what situations influence his growth and the person he becomes?

Essay Topic 2

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Everett use artistic license to create the realistic background of James?

Essay Topic 3

Irony is a literary device where the real meaning of words is contradicted or concealed. Where does the Everett use irony in the book? How does the use of irony create a contrast between what readers or characters expect and what happens?

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