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Read the excerpt from chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . "It's so. You can do it. I had my doubts when you told me. Now looky here; you stop that putting on frills. I won't have it. I'll lay for you, my smarty; and if I catch you about that school I'll tan you good. First you know you'll get religion, too. I never see such a son." What do these words by Huck’s father reveal about his character?

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He wants Huck to have a better life than he himself had.
B
He feels that religion is the only subject worthy of study.
C
He does not believe that Huck will succeed academically.
D
He believes that education will make Huck feel superior.
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Which statement most accurately describes the satire that exists within chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ?

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Twain is satirizing society’s ingratitude by characterizing Huck as someone too selfish to appreciate anything his father has ever done for him.
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Twain is satirizing society’s dishonesty by having Huck hide his money to appear as though he is too selfish to share with his own father.
C
Twain is satirizing society’s greed by having Huck’s father return under the pretense of caring for Huck when all he really wants is money.
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Twain is satirizing society’s disrespect by characterizing Huck as someone who is so rude that he cannot even treat his father with respect.
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Which of the following quotations by Huck’s father in chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an example of irony?

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"Starchy clothes—very. You think you're a good deal of a big-bug, DON'T you?"
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“You're educated, too, they say—can read and write. You think you're better'n your father, now, don't you, because he can’t?”
C
“And looky here—you drop that school, you hear? I'll learn people to bring up a boy to put on airs over his own father and let on to be better'n what HE is.”
D
"All right. I'll ask him; and I'll make him pungle, too, or I'll know the reason why.
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Which sentence has an indefinite-pronoun verb agreement error?

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sentence 1
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sentence 2
C
sentence 3
D
sentence 4
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Which sentence has a subject-verb agreement error?

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sentence 1
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sentence 2
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sentence 3
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sentence 4

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