Adventures of Hucleberry Finn

Question 1

What are the themes present in the novel?

Answer 1

• Civilization vs. natural life
• Honor
• Food
• Mockery of Religion
• Superstition
• Slavery
• Money
• Mississippi River

Question 2

Setting?

Answer 2

1840-1845, along the Mississippi River

Question 3

Mark Twain’s real name

Answer 3

Samuel L. Clemens

Question 4

Where was Mark Twain born?

Answer 4

Florida, Missouri

Question 5

What is the meaning of the name “Mark Twain”?

Answer 5

Mark= 6 feet of water
Twain =2
12 feet of water is a safe depth for riverboats

Question 6

What is a humorist?

Answer 6

A person with an active sense of humor used skillfully in writing or talking

Question 7

Tom Sawyer and Huck find ______ dollars and put it in the bank with Judge Thatcher

Answer 7

6000

Question 8

Who does Huck live with?

Answer 8

Widow Douglas and Miss Watson

Question 9

Who is the narrator?

Answer 9

Huck

Question 10

Why does Huck think Pap isn’t dead?

Answer 10

Huck thinks that if it was his Pap, he would be floating face up, but the body was floating face down

Question 11

Three words to best describe Pap

Answer 11

Alcoholic, abusive, poor

Question 12

What does Pap tell Huck to do?

Answer 12

Quit school

Question 13

T/F. Huck faked his death in Chapter 7

Answer 13

True

Question 14

T/F Huck saw Widow Douglas, Miss Watson, and Tom Sawyer looking for him while he was on Jackson Island

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Which Island does Huck find Jim on?

Answer 15

Jackson Island

Question 16

Why did Jim run away from Miss Watson?

Answer 16

Because Miss Watson was planning on selling him to New Orlean for $800

Question 17

Why does Huck dress up as a girl and go to town?

Answer 17

To see what people think about him being “dead”

Question 18

What do people believe happened to Huck and who are the top two suspects?

Answer 18

People believed he was murdered, by Pap(#1) or Jim(#2)

Question 19

Regionalism

Answer 19

Pertaining to a specific geographical area

Question 20

Unique

Answer 20

Original in idea or style

Question 21

Universal

Answer 21

An idea or experience with which most people can identify

Question 22

In which Chapter did Huck and Jim stumble upon a sinking steamboat and witness irony with the “gang members” idea of killing someone?

Answer 22

Chapter 12

Question 23

In Chapter 13 and 14 we see an increase in Hucks development of ______

Answer 23

Morals

Question 24

In Chapter 15 we learn that Jim has a wife and kids, by this information, why wouldn’t Jim want to go to New Orleans?

Answer 24

He didn’t want to be separated from his family

Question 25

In Chapter 16, Huck is tortured by his conscience. What two options is he torn between?

Answer 25

Turning Jim in because he feels bad for Miss Watson, and not turning Jim in because they are friends.

Question 26

In Chapter 17, Huck is taken by the _______ and his family has a feud with the ________

Answer 26

Grangerfords, Shepherdsons

Question 27

Name of the daughter of the family that took Huck in that died. She wrote poetry and tributes to people who have died. How did she die?

Answer 27

Emmeline Grangerford, from a long-enduring sickness

Question 28

What was the purpose of Twain using the word “sivilize”?

Answer 28

To emphasize that the people aren’t civilized

Question 29

Why doesn’t Huck consider himself civilized?

Answer 29

Because civilized involves being religious and he doesn’t consider himself religious

Question 30

Describe Jim with the single best term.

Answer 30

Superstitious

Question 31

What are Widow Douglas’s religious beliefs?

Answer 31

Laid back-God will love and forgive you

Question 32

What are Miss Watson’s religious beliefs?

Answer 32

Black and white-believes God will judge and punish you

Question 33

What does Huck’s apology to Jim for making him feel ashamed of himself show about Huck (hint: development)

Answer 33

His moral development

Question 34

Why Cairo, Illinois important as a marker for Huck and Jim in Chapter 15

Answer 34

Because that is where the Ohio River meets the Mississippi River, and thus they can go the free states

Question 35

T/F, Huck is never trying to be anyone else, he is always truthfully himself.

Answer 35

False, Huck develops multiple personas, making up stories and pretending to be different people all the time

Question 36

If slavery is wrong, why is Huck’s conscience bothering him about wanting to turn Jim back in?

Answer 36

Because that is what he was taught growing up

Question 37

What is written on the note or bookmark in Sophia’s testament?

Answer 37

“Half-past 2”

Question 38

Who did Sophia Grangerford go to get married with on the other side of the Mississippi River in Chapter 18?

Answer 38

Harney Shepherdson

Question 39

Explain the satire we see in Chapter 18 regarding the churches sermon

Answer 39

This is satirical about people who think going to church alone makes them a good person