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Huck Finn
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Question | Answer |
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Who is the narrator for the most part of the novel? | Huck Finn |
Type of narration used in the novel? | First person with some second person |
Who is Huck's guardian at the beginning of the novel? | Widow Douglas |
Who is Miss Watson? | She is an old maid who tries to teach Huck stories from the Bible. |
What does Pap desire from Huck? | Money |
Characterize Pap. | Terrible drunk, horrible father, abusive to Huck |
Who is Jim? | A slave who runs away from Widow Douglas. |
Who "holds" Huck's money to keep it safe from Pap? | Judge Thatcher |
Characterize Boggs. | He is a harmless town drunk. |
Who is Buck Grangerford? | He was around Huck's age. Buck was killed during the feud with the Sheperdsons. |
List some complaints Pap has about the "govement". | The government allows free Black men to vote, it prohibits Black men who have been in the state for six months from being sold, it supports Huck keeping the money from Pap, and it wants to keep Huck away from Pap. |
Where did Huck hide the money? | In the coffin. |
Who likes to creat complicated plans? | Tom Sawyer |
What is satire? | Writing that attempts to point out or ridicule faults through exaggerated examples. |
What is irony? | A contrast between the expected and reality |
What is dialect? | The way people speak in a certain region |
What is theme? | A statement the novel makes about mankind |