Huck Finn Test Review Flashcards

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1
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who is buried with gold in his coffin

A

peter wilks

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2
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how do huck and tom come to be in possession of six thousand dollars each

A

they found it hidden in a cave

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3
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what prompts jim to run away from miss watson

A

he believes miss watson is going to sell him down the river

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4
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When Tom says to Aunt Sally, “They hain’t no right to shut Jim up! Turn him loose! He ain’t no slave; he’s as free as any cretur that walks this earth!” He means:

A

miss watson actually set jim free

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5
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What is the effect of the imagery in the following passage about Pap? : “His hair was long and tangled and greasy, and hung down, and you could see his eyes shining through like he was behind vines.”

A

feeling of revulsion and abhorrence

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6
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who murders a man and subsequently gives a powerful speech on cowardice and mob mentality

A

colonel sherburn

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7
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huck’s and tom’s roles as foils to one another is not emphasized through

A

their relationship with aunt sally

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the storm that descends on the raft on the first night after the arrival of the duke and king foreshadows

A

the trouble that the duke and king will bring

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9
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which of the following events causes huck to run away from pap

A

pap leaves him locked in the cabin for 3 days

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10
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According to following passage, analysis of Tom’s character? “Tom lost all patience with Jim; and said he was just loadened down with more guadier chances than a prisoner ever had in the world to make a name for himself, and yet he didn’t know enough to appreciate them, and they was just about wasted on him.”

A

tom lacks a sense of reality

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11
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huck’s character growth shows when he warns jim that people are coming for him and they leave jackson island together because:

A

he protects Jim without concern for what is socially acceptable

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12
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huck’s major internal conflict of the novel is?

A

aiding jim to get to the free states

letting miss watson know jim’s location

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13
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the only one of peter wilks’s friends and family to initially challenge the king and duke about their lies si

A

dr. robinson

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14
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in ch 10, huck’s preoccupation with the dead man in the floating house is an example of

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foreshadowing

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15
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“When I got there [the phelps’s] there was them kind of faint dronings of bugs and flies in the air that makes it seem so lonesome and like everybody’s dead and gone” one can infer that a cause of Huck’s state of mind is

A

his separation from Jim

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16
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the arrival of the king and duke on the raft symbolizes

A

an invasion by society

17
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huck and jim begin calling the older man of the pair they meet “the king” after

A

the older man claims to be the Dauphin Louis Charles

18
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who says “over a hundred and fifty dollars Quite a fortune for you. You had better let me invest it along with your six thousand”

A

judge thatcher

19
Q

according to Huck, who is the “ innocentest, best old soul I ever see. But it warn’t surprising; because he warn’t only just a farmer, he was a preacher, too, and had a little one-horse log church down back of the plantation, which he built it himself at his own expense”

A

uncle silas

20
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the king obtains the information he uses to impersonate harvey wilks from

A

a boy he encounters

21
Q

the royal nonesuch scam perpetrated by the duke and king involves what

A

the king prances about on all fours, naked, and painted in various colors

22
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twain’s portrayal of the shepherdsons and the grangerfords is an example of

A

satire

23
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jim’s motivation for ending his flight to freedom is…

A

jim’s belief that Tom would do the same for him

24
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who says: “You’ve put on considerable many frills since I been away. I’ll take you down a peg before I get done with you. You’re educated, too, they say—can read and write”

A

pap

25
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who says “It don’t make no difference how foolish it is, it’s the right way- and it’s the regular way. And there ain’t no other way, that I ever heard of, and I’ve read all books…”

A

tom sawyer

26
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from the documentary on samuel clemens, why is his pen name so interesting

A

his name means two fathoms which marks the zone between safe waters and dangerous waters; ambiguity