CHAPTER 32 Quiz — The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain

Comprehension Quiz: CHAPTER 32

What kind of farm is the Phelps plantation?

  • A large tobacco plantation with dozens of workers
  • A small one-horse cotton plantation
  • A cattle ranch on the open prairie
  • A prosperous sugar plantation near New Orleans

What sound does Huck call "the lonesomest sound in the whole world"?

  • The howling of the hound dogs in the yard
  • The whistle of a distant steamboat on the river
  • The dim hum of a spinning wheel
  • The droning of bugs and flies in the summer air

What does Huck say he trusts instead of making a particular plan?

  • His own quick wits and experience from past adventures
  • Providence to put the right words in his mouth
  • The Duke and the King to create a diversion
  • Jim to signal him from where he is being held

How do the hound dogs react when Huck walks into the yard?

  • They ignore him completely and continue sleeping
  • They wag their tails and greet him warmly from the start
  • About fifteen of them surround him, barking and howling
  • A single guard dog chases him up a tree

Who drives off the hounds that surround Huck?

  • Uncle Silas Phelps, wielding a shotgun
  • Aunt Sally Phelps, swinging her spinning stick
  • An enslaved woman with a rolling pin
  • One of the Phelps children throwing stones

Who does Aunt Sally believe Huck to be?

  • A traveling preacher looking for lodging
  • The son of a neighboring farmer
  • Her nephew Tom Sawyer
  • A runaway apprentice from St. Petersburg

What excuse does Huck give for arriving late?

  • The steamboat ran aground on a sandbar near Cairo
  • He got lost wandering through the woods near town
  • The steamboat blew out a cylinder-head
  • Bandits robbed the passengers and delayed the journey

When Huck says a Black person was killed in the steamboat accident, how does Aunt Sally respond?

  • She gasps in horror and says a prayer for the victim
  • She says it is lucky because sometimes people do get hurt
  • She changes the subject and asks about his baggage
  • She asks whether the victim had a family nearby

What does Aunt Sally do when Uncle Silas returns home?

  • She immediately introduces Huck and explains his arrival
  • She hides Huck behind the bed to play a surprise joke on Silas
  • She sends Huck out the back door to avoid suspicion
  • She tells Silas that Tom has not yet arrived

What name does Aunt Sally announce when she reveals Huck to Uncle Silas?

  • Huckleberry Finn
  • Sid Sawyer
  • Tom Sawyer
  • George Jackson

How does Huck describe his feeling upon learning he is supposed to be Tom Sawyer?

  • Terrified that the real Tom will show up and expose him
  • Angry that fate has forced him into another deception
  • Like being born again, because he was so glad to know who he was
  • Indifferent, since he has assumed many false identities before

Why does Huck decide to leave the Phelps farm at the end of the chapter?

  • He wants to find Jim and plan an escape under cover of night
  • He hears a steamboat and fears the real Tom Sawyer will arrive
  • Uncle Silas sends him to town on an errand
  • He realizes the Phelpses are becoming suspicious of his story

What pretense does Huck use to leave the farm?

  • He says he needs to send a telegram to his family
  • He claims he forgot something important on the steamboat
  • He says he wants to go fetch his baggage from the wharf-boat
  • He tells them he needs to buy supplies in town

What literary device is most prominent in the scene where Aunt Sally mistakes Huck for Tom?

  • Foreshadowing, hinting at Tom's eventual arrival
  • Dramatic irony, since the reader knows the truth before Huck does
  • Allegory, representing the loss of individual identity in society
  • Hyperbole, exaggerating Aunt Sally's emotional reaction

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