Monday, March 1, 2010

Practice Test (first trial)

Practice Test

I. True-False- Mark each statement either “A” true or “B” false.

____a_ 1. Jim was superstitious and believed in witches.

_b____ 2. Huck thought he was doing a virtuous deed by helping JIm to freedom.

____b 3. The Duke and Dauphin were displaced royalty.

__b___ 4. Huck preferred the Widow Douglasʼ God over Miss Watsonʼs.

___a__ 5. Huckleberry Finn contains a social comment deeper than a simple adventure

story.

___a__ 6. Tom Sawyer believed in doing everything the easiest way.

__b___ 7. Tomʼs gang followed through on the orders contained in the oath.

_a____ 8. Jim thought he would become rich someday.

__a___ 9. More money was made on the third performance of the “Royal Nonesuch”

than on the first two.

__b___ 10. Huck told the Duke and Dauphin the truth about himself and Jim.

II. Multiple Choice- Choose the word or phrase which best completes each statement.

__c___ 11. Jim didnʼt want Huck to see the dead manʼs face in the flooded house

because (a) it was a mess, (b) it was Tomʼs father, (c) it was Pap, (d) heʼd been shot in

the face.

__b___ 12. Huck justified his stealing by saying (a) he needed it, (b) he was just

borrowing, (c) Tom Sawyer did it, (d) the owner didnʼt need it.

__a___ 13. Huck finally got rid of the Duke and the Dauphin when (a) they sold Jim, (b)

they were lynched, (c) he shoved them overboard, (d) he gave them the “slip.”

___d_ 14. The gang “ambuscaded” an encampment of A-rabs, which turned out to be

(a) a boy scout outing, (b) a Ladiesʼ Aid tea, (c) a Sunday School picnic, (d) a circus.

__d___ 15. Tomʼs prized trophy from the “evasion” was (a) a tin pan, (b) a bullet, (c) the

reward money, (d) Jimʼs freedom

___b__ 16. Huck and Jim attributed their bad luck to (a) the work of witches, (b) touching

a snakeskin, (c) killing a spider, (d) looking at the new moon.

_d____ 17. Peter Wilksʼ money was hidden in (a) the cellar, (b) a straw tick, (c) a coffin,

(d) all of these.

___b__ 18. Whenever Huck thought about helping Jim to freedom he felt (a) proud, (b)

confused and ashamed, (c) apathetic (d) happy.

___d__ 19. The feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons was caused by

(a) cowardice, (b) a water rights dispute, (c) Miss Emmelineʼs marriage, (d) none of

these.

_d____ 20. Huck first gains respect for Jim when (a) he finds out he is free, (b) he finds

him on the island, (c) Jim tells his fortune, (d) he played the trick on Jim.

III. Characters: Write the name of the character described by each quote or phrase

below. Refer to the character list and spell names correctly. Some names are used

more than once. Not all are used.

______ Peter Wilks_____________ 21. a man who is buried with a sack of gold on his chest.

____ Colonel Grangerford_______________ 22. “he come in gaping and digging one fist into his eyes, and

he was dragging a gun along with the other one”

_____ Mrs. Judith Loftus______________ 23. explains to Huck how a real girl would act

_____ Jim______________24. believes his hairy chest will bring him wealth

______ Mary Jane Wilks____________ 25. Huck reckons “that with her disposition, (this girl) was having

a better time in the graveyard.”

___ Colonel Sherburn________________26. believes most men are cowards who act out of fear when

they join a mob

______ Jack____________ 27. a slave who shows Huck a “stack of water moccasins”

_____ Miss Watson_____________ 28. frees Jim in her will

______Tom Sawyer___________ 29. must do everything in a complicated way according to the

books

_____ Dr. Robinson____________ 30. the first person to accuse the king and the duke of being

frauds trying to cheat Peter Wilksʼ rightful heirs

___ Boggs______ 31. a drunkard shot down in the street at 1 p.m.

______ Joanna Wilks___________ 32. the sister with the harelip

__ Harney Shepherdson___ 33. leaves a note for his girlfriend in a Bible in church

______ The King___________ 34. cheats people out of their money by impersonating a reformed

pirate

_______ Mary Jane Wilks__________ 35. Huck says, “And when it comes to beauty and goodness too,

she lays over them all.”

_____ Huck Finn____________36. he canʼt pray a lie

______ Pap Finn__________ 37. a man whose corpse Jim wonʼt let Huck see

_____ Huck Finn

Huck Finn___________38. decides to “light out for the territory” to escape civilization

Aunt Sally_______________ 39. wonders what has happened to her silver spoons

__ Levi Bell_____________ 40. the lawyer who suggests digging up a corpse

Sophia Grangerford_______________ 41. like Juliet, she falls in love with a member of a family that her

own family hates

__ Judge Thatcher_________ 42. caretaker of Huckʼs money

___the king____________ 43. if the advice of this fraud had been followed, he and partner

would have made away with almost $6,000

_______ Silas Phelps________ 44. her appearance at the Phelpsʼ farm ends the impersonating of

Huck and Tom

______ Buck Grangerford_________ 45. wears a bullet around his neck on a watch-guard for a watch

__ Pap Finn"_____________ 46. a man who makes Huck want to go to school

_____ Adolphus__________ 47. gives vital information to the king so that the king can

impersonate a Wilks brother

____ Bill_____________ 48. one of the men whose greed leaves him aboard a sinking

ship.

Character List

Huck Finn" " " " " The Duke of Bridgewater

Pap Finn" " " " " The King

Tom Sawyer" " " " " Boggs

Judge Thatcher" " " " Colonel Sherburn

Miss Watson"" " " " Tim Collins

Widow Douglas" " " " “Adolphus”

“Sarah Mary Williams”" " " Peter Wilks

“George Peters”" " " " George Wilks

Mrs. Judith Loftus" " " " Harvey Wilks

Jim Turner" " " " " William Wilks

Jake Packard" " " " Mary Jane Wilks

Bill" " " " " " Joanna Wilks

“George Jackson”" " " " Levi Bell

Colonel Grangerford" " " Dr. Robinson

Buck Grangerford" " " " Aunt Sally

Emmeline Grangerford" " " Silas Phelps

Sophia Grangerford"" " " “William Thompson”

Harney Shepherdson" " " “Tom Sawyer”

Jack" " " " " " “Sid Sawyer”

Jim

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