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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 does a young man who got in trouble for selling a paste for teeth say he is?

2. What food does Huck find in a house floating down the river during the flood?

3. How many dead people does Jim find in the house floating down the river during the flood?

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

5. Whose horse is on the buckboard Jim is unloading in Part One, Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What story does the Duke tell the crowd at the revival?

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

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

6. What happens when Huck explores a wrecked steamboat?

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

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

9. Why does Jim get sick on Jackson Island?

10. What happens when Jim finds Huck in Part One, Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jim and Huck flee to Jackson Island. Why do Jim and Huck flee to Jackson Island, and what do their flights have in common?

Essay Topic 2

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood in James, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

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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