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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. Who is whipped for giving Jim a pencil?

2. In Part One, Chapter 3, where does Jim stash some seasoned logs?

3. In Part One, Chapter 4, how many catfish are in the line Jim gets tangled in on his way to Jackson Island?

4. In Part One, Chapter 12, what does Jim see just before he realizes Huck and the raft are gone?

5. What was Young George doing when his master lost a pencil?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why does Jim send Huck into town?

2. Why is Jim concerned when Huck tells him that he faked his death?

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

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

5. What happens when Huck explores a wrecked steamboat?

6. Why does Jim get sick on Jackson Island?

7. Where does Jim find himself and with whom in Part One, Chapter 14?

8. How does Jim realize that he and Huck have been separated in Part One?

9. What do Huck and Tom do while Jim pretends to sleep?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Daniel Decatur Emmett claims to be against slavery. What are his views about slavery and are they hypocritical?

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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