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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 berries do Jim and Huck find on Jackson Island?

2. When Jim talks to some men at a fire, where does he say he was taken when he was about to have a nap in Part One, Chapter 1?

3. After the raft breaks apart, where does Jim find himself in Part One, Chapter 14?

4. What does Jim take from the house floating down the river?

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. In Part One, Chapter 1, from where and how are Huck and Tom watching Jim?

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

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

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

6. What happened to a man named McIntosh in St. Louis?

7. What do Jim and Huck eat when they are on Jackson Island?

8. What lessons does Jim give his daughter and other slave children and why does he give those lessons?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Henderson is quick to whip his slaves. He also treats his slaves as little more than animals. What is revealed about inhumanity through his actions?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in James? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters, especially Jim?

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