CHAPTER 18 Quiz — The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain

Comprehension Quiz: CHAPTER 18

What does Colonel Grangerford always carry with him?

  • A leather-bound Bible
  • A mahogany cane with a silver head
  • A gold pocket watch
  • A pearl-handled revolver

How long has the Grangerford-Shepherdson feud been going on?

  • About ten years
  • About twenty years
  • About thirty years
  • Over fifty years

What does Buck say originally caused the feud?

  • A dispute over a woman
  • A stolen horse
  • A lawsuit that led to a shooting
  • A political disagreement

What is written on the paper hidden in Miss Sophia's Testament?

  • Meet me at the river
  • Half-past two
  • Come to the church at dawn
  • I love you, Harney

How does Huck's enslaved attendant Jack lure him to find Jim?

  • He says there is treasure buried in the swamp
  • He says there is a runaway hiding in the woods
  • He says he will show him a stack of water moccasins
  • He says Miss Sophia wants to see him

What happened to Huck and Jim's raft after the steamboat collision?

  • It was completely destroyed
  • It drifted to the opposite shore intact
  • It was damaged but found on a snag and repaired by Jim
  • The Grangerfords found it and hid it

What does Colonel Grangerford criticize about Buck's ambush of Harney?

  • That Buck missed the shot
  • That Buck shot from behind a bush instead of stepping into the road
  • That Buck went hunting without permission
  • That Buck did not bring enough ammunition

Who is the slim young chap fighting alongside Buck at the steamboat landing?

  • Tom Grangerford
  • Bob Grangerford
  • His cousin Joe
  • Harney Shepherdson

True or false: Buck successfully shoots Harney Shepherdson when he ambushes him on the road.

  • True
  • False

True or false: Miss Sophia and Harney Shepherdson are killed during the final battle.

  • True
  • False

In the context of Chapter 18, what does "ornery" mean when Huck describes the preaching as "pretty ornery"?

  • Inspiring and uplifting
  • Unpleasant, low-quality, or tiresome
  • Long and detailed
  • Frightening and apocalyptic

What does Huck mean when he says the boys "had the bulge on the men"?

  • They were physically larger
  • They had the advantage or upper hand
  • They had more weapons
  • They were hiding behind a bulging woodpile

When Huck describes places on land as "smothery," what does he mean?

  • Dangerous and violent
  • Covered in smoke
  • Suffocating and uncomfortably confined
  • Dark and gloomy

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