Huck Finn Ch 39

Question 1

next morning the boys open one of the rat holes and find

Answer 1

15 rats and catch them

Question 2

they put the rats under sally’s bed but one of the little boys

Answer 2

lets the rats go and they get 15 more

Question 3

they gather

Answer 3

spiders, bugs, frogs, and caterpillars

Question 4

they gather garter and house snakes but the snakes all

Answer 4

escaped from the bag

Question 5

sally hates snakes and is

Answer 5

terrified of them

Question 6

tom says that all women are

Answer 6

like that

Question 7

sally would lick the boys every time she would

Answer 7

cross a snake’s path

Question 8

jim says that he can’t sleep because of

Answer 8

all of the critters

Question 9

jim says that if he escapes he would never be a prisoner again even if he were

Answer 9

paid for it

Question 10

every time a rat bit Jim he would use the blood to

Answer 10

write in his journal

Question 11

they saw the leg of jim’s bed and

Answer 11

eat the sawdust

Question 12

silas is preparing to sell Jim through

Answer 12

advertising

Question 13

tom says that its time for

Answer 13

anonymous letters

Question 14

the anoymous letters are to warn the family that something is going on so as to

Answer 14

make the escape riskier

Question 15

when a prisoner of style escapes it is

Answer 15

evasion

Question 16

the anonymous letter warns the family to

Answer 16

beware because trouble is brewing

Question 17

the next day the boys stick a picture of a

Answer 17

skull and crossbones on the front door

Question 18

the night after they stick a picture of a

Answer 18

coffin

Question 19

sally becomes really

Answer 19

scared and skittish

Question 20

silas and sally expressed that they were gonna have

Answer 20

slaves on watch at both doors

Question 21

they write another anonymous letter that says that a gang from the …. is going to steal jim and it gives

Answer 21

ingean territory; directions to stop the gang