Huck finn Flashcards
Jim regrets striking his Daughter because
she is deaf
Everyone in town except the Duke and dauphin as Peter Wilks brothers except
the doctor
Jim and huck originally plan to travel the river as far as
cairo
huck and jim attribute their bad luck to
touching a snakeskin
at the end of the novel, jim is set free because
miss waatson has freed him in her will
Tom’s prize trophy from the evasion is
a bullet
the reward for Jim’s return is
$300
One of Mark Twain’s most useful methods to achieve local color is his
use of dialect
Huck finally gets rid of the Duke and dauphin when
they sell jim
Jim doesn’t want huck to see you the dead man’s face in the flooded house because it
is pap
Twain’s attitude toward slavery and the slave code and hucks dilemma is revealed through
ironic and satiric commentary
Huck sells his fortune to the judge because
pap is back
When tommy barnes threatens to tell the gangs secrets, tom
gives him five cents
Huck justifies his stealing by saying
he is just borrowing
Peter wilks money is hidden in
all of these
one example of hucks humanity is his
regret over seeing the duke and king tarred and feathered
When huck forgets his new name at the grangerfords, he shows his cleverness by
asking buck how to spell his name
huck ends up living with pap because
his father kidnaps him
is miss sophias boyfriend
Harney shephardson
Is the first one to “sivilize” huck
Widow dougllass
Pretends to be “Uncle william”
Duke
Painted nude in the “Royal nonesuch”
Dauphin
Runs away from miss wattson
Jim
is killed in the feud
Buck Grangerford
Sets her slave free in her will
miss watson
narrates the story
Huck finn
plans the evasion
tom sawyer
Is tom’s uncle
silas
t/f Hemingway Stated, “all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called huck finn.”
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t/f Mark twain sent the American literary voice that made the final break from the rigid dictates of European literary forms
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t/f Huckleberry Finn combines elements of realism color with the drama of the open road
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t/f The dark side of the story line is filled with some of the most serious questions facing 19th century: slavery and rebellious teenagers
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t/f Twains condemnation of social ills is implicit rather than explicit
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t/f tom’s and Hucks fortune comes from a $12,000 inheritance
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t/f besides being a farmer, Silas Phelps is also a preacher
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t/f Tom insists on being practical and efficient in freeing jim
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t/f Toms gang follows through on the orders contained in the oath
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t/f huck tells the Duke and dauphin the truth about himself and jim
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t/f The duke and dauphin are displaced royalty
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t/f Tom represents the establishment, and huck is shocked at his willingness to aid in the rescue plot
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t/f Jim is superstitious and believes in witches
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t/f Huck prefers the widow douglas’ god over miss watsons
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t/f Jim thinks he will become rich someday
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t/f Huckleberry finn contains a social comment deeper than a simple adventure story
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t/f more money is made on the third performance of the “royal nonesuch” than the first two
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Whenever huck thinks about helping Jim to freedom it feels
confused and ashamed
