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Huck Finn
Study guide for Mrs. Hughes 2013 junior class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why does Twain include violence in the novel? | He believed violence was a way of life and it illustrates the cruelty of humans |
| What does the river symbolize? | The individual and freedom |
| What does the shore represent? | |
| Whose body is found on the "floating house of death"? | Pap |
| What does Huck think at the end of the book? | |
| What and/or who is Huck escaping by leaving St. Petersburg? | Pap |
| How does Twain illustrate his attitude towards religion? | Hogs in a church |
| How does Huck justify stealing? | By saying he was just borrowing |
| What was Tom's prized trophy from the "evasion"? | |
| What did Huck and Jim blame their bad luck on? | Touching the snakeskin on Jackson's Island |
| Where did Huck Hide Peter Wilkes' money? | In Peter Wilkes' coffin |
| What were Hucks feelings towards helping Jim throughout the novel? | Confused and ashamed |
| How does Mark Twain create a feeling of "local color" in the story? | Use of dialect |
| When Does Huck first gain respect for Jim? | |
| Why did Jim run away from his owner? | He was afraid of being sold |
| How did Twain gain his knowledge of the Mississippi River? | By working as a riverboat pilot |
| Where did Jim and Huck originally plan to travel? | Cairo |
| Who was the only person in town who doubted that the King and Duke were the Wilkes brothers? | The Doctor |
| Why did Jim feel bad about striking his daughter? | She was deaf |
| Why did Huck sell his fortune to the judge? | Pap was back |
| How does Huck think of Jim in the beginning of the novel? | Property of Miss Watson |
| How does Huck think of Jim by the end of the novel? | A good and loyal friend |
| True or False. Jim was superstitious and believed in witches | True |
| True or False. The story is more that just s simple adventure story | True |
| True or False. Tom Sawyer believed in doing everthing the easiest way | True |
| True or False. Jim thought he'd become rich someday | |
| True or False. Huck told the Duke and King the truth about himself and Jim | False |
| True or False. Huck is pleased with the King and the Duke's punishment because they deserved it | False |
| True or False. Pap was shot in the back and died | |
| True or False. Huck and Tom are good friends, but Tom is more realistic | False |
| True or False. Jim is captured when the King betrays him | False |
| True or False. After separate escapes, Huck and Jim are surprised to meet each other on Jackson's Island | True |
| Who is narrating the story? | Huck |
| Who is Tom's uncle? | Silas Phelps |
| Who set her slave free in her will? | Miss Watson |
| Who is Sophia Grangerford's boyfriend? | Harney Sheperdson |
| Who painted nude in the "Royal Nonesuch"? | The Dauphin |
| Who ended up being killed as a result of the fued between the Grangerfords and the Sheperdsons? | Buck Grangerford |
| Who was the first one to "sivilize" Huck? | The Widow |
| Who planned the "evasion"? | Tom Sawyer |
| Who is the runaway slave in the story? | Jim |
| Who was the fraudulent "Uncle William Wilkes"? | The Duke |
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kswearingen
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