CHAPTER 33 Quiz — The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
Comprehension Quiz: CHAPTER 33
Why is Tom Sawyer frightened when he first sees Huck on the road?
- He thinks Huck has come to report him for a crime
- He believes Huck was murdered and is seeing his ghost
- He is startled because he did not expect anyone on the road
- He mistakes Huck for a dangerous stranger in the area
How does Huck convince Tom Sawyer that he is alive and not a ghost?
- He shows Tom a letter written in his own handwriting
- He tells Tom details that only the living Huck would know
- He invites Tom to physically touch him to prove he is real
- He splashes river water on Tom to show he is solid
What is Huck's reaction when Tom agrees to help free Jim?
- He is relieved and immediately begins forming a detailed plan
- He is suspicious that Tom is only pretending to agree
- He is shocked and thinks less of Tom for being willing to help
- He is overjoyed and hugs Tom for his moral courage
What false identity does Tom assume when he arrives at the Phelps farm?
- He says he is a traveling preacher named Reverend Thompson
- He claims to be William Thompson from Hicksville, Ohio
- He introduces himself as Tom Sawyer's cousin from St. Louis
- He pretends to be a schoolteacher looking for boarding
What does Tom do that angers Aunt Sally during his first visit?
- He insults her cooking and refuses to eat supper
- He tracks mud across her freshly cleaned floors
- He kisses her right on the mouth while chatting casually
- He accidentally breaks a piece of her china dinnerware
What identity does Tom eventually reveal to Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas?
- He reveals he is actually Tom Sawyer himself
- He reveals he is Sid Sawyer, Tom's half-brother
- He reveals he is a friend of Tom's from school
- He reveals he is Aunt Polly's neighbor from back home
What is Uncle Silas's occupation besides being a farmer?
- He is a county judge who holds court once a month
- He is a blacksmith who runs a small forge on his property
- He is a preacher who built a log church at his own expense
- He is a schoolteacher who tutors the local children
How do the townspeople learn about the king and duke's fraudulent show?
- Huck sends an anonymous letter warning the townspeople
- A traveling marshal recognizes the pair from wanted posters
- Jim tells Uncle Silas and Burton about the scandalous show
- The duke accidentally confesses while performing on stage
How do Huck and Tom sneak out of the Phelps house at night?
- They slip out through the back door during evening prayers
- They climb out the window and slide down a lightning rod
- They hide in a hay wagon leaving the farm after supper
- They crawl under the porch and out through a gap in the fence
What fate befalls the king and duke at the end of Chapter 33?
- They are arrested by the sheriff and locked in the town jail
- They escape town on a stolen raft under cover of darkness
- They are tarred and feathered and paraded on a rail by a mob
- They are run out of town after being pelted with rotten fruit
How does Huck feel after witnessing the punishment of the king and duke?
- He feels satisfied that justice has finally been served
- He feels sick and sorry for them, reflecting on human cruelty
- He feels angry that the punishment was not harsh enough
- He feels indifferent because the con men deserved it
What does Huck compare a person's conscience to at the end of the chapter?
- A loyal dog that protects its owner from harm at all times
- A senseless creature that attacks whether you do right or wrong
- A wise teacher that guides you toward the correct moral path
- A broken compass that sometimes points in the right direction
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