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A Nation Dividing and Expanding: Civil War, Regionalism, and Realism — Test

Question 24 • Literature and Composition III

Read the quotation from chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , in which Huck is discussing his father. I HAD shut the door to. Then I turned around and there he was. I used to be scared of him all the time, . . . I reckoned I was scared now, too; but in a minute I see I was mistaken—that is, after the first jolt, as you may say, when my breath sort of hitched, he being so unexpected; but right away after I see I warn't scared of him worth bothring about. Based on the excerpt, which is the most reasonable plot prediction?

Answer
A
Huck will once again start fearing his father.
B
Huck will confidently face his father.
C
Huck will be forced to make a choice about his father.
D
Huck will refuse to speak to his father.
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