1. Mark Twain first published this novel in what year?
A.
1700
B.
1774
C.
1802
D.
1884
E.
1902

2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn can best be described as
A.
A social commentary
B.
An epic
C.
An abolitionist novel
D.
A humor novel
E.
A biography

3. Which is NOT one of the purposes for the Notice that
Twain gives before the book begins?
A. He is being satirical, a type of humor he uses frequently.
B. He is warding off literary critics who might be eager to dissect Twain's work.
C. He is trying to dispel potential controversy he knows his work might create.
D. None of the Above
E. All of the Above

4. Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer each received
$____ when they found the money that the robbers had hidden in the cave
A.
$10,000
B.
$6,000
C.
$1,000
D.
$100
E.
$60

5. What character does Huck Finn live with in the opening chapters?
A.
Jim
B.
Aunt Polly
C.
Tom Sawyer
D.
Widow Douglas
E.
Judge Thatcher

6. Tom Sawyer has Huck and the other boys form a band of
A.
Pirates
B.
Musicians
C.
Robbers
D.
Beggars
E.
Marauders

7. Huck’s Pap returns because he
A.
Misses his son
B.
Wants revenge on Judge Thatcher
C.
Wants Huck’s money
D.
Plans to marry the Widow Douglas
E.
All of the above

8. Huck murders what animal to convince the town that he has been murdered?
A.
Pig
B.
Cow
C.
Bear
D.
Chicken
E.
Rabbit

9. All of the following are used to find dead bodies in the river except
A.
Bread filled with mercury
B.
Firing a cannon over the surface of the river
C.
Divers
D.
Dragging the river with nets
E.
Lookouts on a boat

10. When Jim first sees Huck Finn on
Jackson’s Island, he thinks Huck
A.
Has run away from home
B.
Has come to arrest him
C.
Is trying to bewitch him
D.
Is a ghost
E.
Wants to talk him into going back

11. Jim ran away from Miss Watson because
A.
He wants to be reunited with his family
B.
She is planning to sell him to a slave trader who will take him to New Orleans
C.
He is tired of being a slave
D.
He wants to spend time with Huck
E.
The hairball predicted that he would be lynched for Huck’s murder

12. During their travels down the river, Huck talks to Jim about all of the following EXCEPT
A.
Women
B.
Money
C.
Royalty
D.
King Solomon
E.
Jim’s children

13. Huck pretends to be _____ when he is caught pretending to be a girl.
A.
An escaped convict
B.
An escaped apprentice
C.
A boy running away from his abusive father
D.
An actor
E.
A boy running away to join the circus

14. What plan does Jim reveal to Huck about his family?
A.
He wants to buy his wife and children back and steal them if he has to.
B.
He was going to use some of Huck’s money to pay an abolitionist to steal them for him.
C.
He will hold Huck for ransom unless his family is returned to him.
D.
He knows he will never see them again so he plans to marry and have more kids.
E.
None of the above

15. Jim and Huck are trying to reach which town during their trip down river?
A.
Hannibal
B.
New Orleans
C.
Cairo
D.
St. Louis
E.
No place in particular

16. Which of the following problems do Huck and
Jim NOT experience?
A.
Their raft is hit by a steamboat.
B.
Jim is bitten by a rattlesnake.
C.
Huck develops small pox.
D.
They get separated by the fog one night.
E.
They encounter a gang of murders on a wrecked boat.

17. Why doesn’t Huck turn Jim in to the men hunting five runaway slaves?
A.
He wasn’t man enough
B.
He couldn’t get the words out
C.
He wouldn’t feel any better if he told on Jim
D.
All of the above
E.
None of the above

18. On whose property does Huck land after being thrown off the raft?
A.
Shepherdson’s
B.
Grangerford’s
C.
Wilk’s
D.
Phelps’s
E.
Douglas’s

19. What is most unusual about this place where he landed?
A.
The feud
B.
Buck’s inability to spell
C.
It was a double house
D.
The house is guarded by lots of dogs
E.
They confronted Huck with a shotgun

20. What event does Huck unwittingly lend a hand in?
A.
Miss Sophia running off to marry
Harney
B.
Buck getting killed
C.
The feud re-igniting
D.
Buck’s cousin being shot
E.
All of the above

21. The Dauphin represents what historical character?
A.
The son of the King of England
B.
The son of the King of France
C.
The son of the Duke
D.
A famous Shakespearean actor
E.
Son of King Richard III

22. Who is billed as playing Romeo and
Juliet in the king and duke’s fraud against “Arkansaw”?
A.
Hamlet and Bridgewater
B.
David Garrick and Edmund Kean
C.
Huck and Jim
D.
Boggs and Sherburn
E.
The duke and Huck

23. How did the king appear on stage to the audience during “The Royal Nonesuch”?
A.
Too nervous to say anything
B.
Prancing on all fours while naked
C.
Painted with polka dots
D.
Reciting the entire monologue like a true actor
E.
Dressed as a woman

24. After the first night of “The Royal Nonesuch” when only 12 people showed up, they added what line to attract more of an audience?
A.
Pot luck dinner to follow
B.
Free admission to the first twenty
C.
Featuring half-naked ladies and daring sword fights
D.
Ladies and children not admitted
E.
Free liquor for the men

25. “The Royal Nonesuch” is exactly what the name implies. The fact that it sells out is an example of
A.
Hyperbole
B.
Simile
C.
Irony
D.
Symbolism
E.
Allusion

26. Colonel Sherburn is
A.
The man who kills Boggs and single-handedly stops an angry mob
B.
The man who kills Boggs and has his house ripped down by an angry mob
C.
The man who arrests the duke and the dauphin
D.
The man who tries to protect Boggs and runs for his daughter
E.
The man whose family is feuding with the
Grangerfords

27. In the town where they performed, why did the lynching bee fail?
A.
Sherburn ran them off with his shotgun
B.
The crowd decided Boggs’ death wasn’t worth it
C.
Sherburn told them they were too cowardly to do it right
D.
They were too busy going after the king and duke
E.
They couldn’t find Sherburn

28. From this episode with Colonel Sherburn, what does Huck learn about being a coward and a man?
A.
A coward is simply a follower and a true man is a leader
B.
A true man stands up for what he believes
C.
A coward hides in the midst of a crowd
D.
All of the above
E.
None of the above

29. What disguise does the duke devise so that
Jim doesn’t need to be tied up every day?
A.
Sick Arab painted blue
B.
Captured runaway slave
C.
Servant to traveling actors
D.
Hired man to look after boy returning home
E.
First freed slave on a lecture tour

30. How does the king get so much information about the family of the deceased Peter
Wilks?
A.
From talking to the man waiting for the steamboat
B.
By talking to Reverend Blodgett on his way to
New Orleans
C.
From the people he meets in the next town
D.
From eavesdropping on the man’s nieces
E.
By reading the obituary in the local paper

31. When the king wins the argument between him and the duke on whether they should leave from the
Wilks’s home right away or not, what do they plan on doing?
A.
Leaving that night and taking the money they already scammed
B.
Waiting a couple of nights to see if they could get even more money
C.
Selling all the Wilks ’ property and then leaving with all the money
D.
Giving all the money back to the girls since they begin to feel guilty
E.
Hiding the money so that everyone will think it was stolen

32. What type of accent does the king speak with so that people will believe he is Wilk’s brother?
A.
British
B.
French
C.
Irish
D.
Scottish
E.
Spanish

33. Each stop in this story has its own significance and tells us something new about Huck Finn. What was the significance of the king, duke, and Huck stopping to pose as the Wilks ’ family?
A.
To prove that no matter how repulsive a person acts, they can always get worse
B.
To show Huck’s evolution from being a boy to becoming a man
C.
To show the ingenious nature of the people of Huck’s time
D.
To prove just how far some people will go to prove their innocence even though they’re guilty
E.
To show the reader just how vile some people in the world can be

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
34. Huck Finn is growing more and more at each stop they make on the river. In Chapter 26, he shows such growth by taking the money from the king and the duke to give back to the nieces.
What is going down the river and making these stops metaphoric to?
I.
II.
III.
The internal changes people experience
Life’s many twists and turns
Man’s innate goodness
None of the above
Only I
Both I and II
Only II
All three

35. Huck’s remark when the duke and the dauphin pretend to be the brothers of Peter Wilks is, “It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.” This quote is an example of
A.
Huck’s sense of humor
B.
Huck’s shame at being white
C.
Huck’s unwillingness to participate in society
D.
Huck’s growing maturity and disgust with the duke and the dauphin
E.
All of the above

36. After taking the money from the king and the duke, where does Huck finally hide it?
A.
Back in the cellar where they found it
B.
In Joanna’s room under her bed
C.
In the slaves’ cabin
D.
On the raft with Jim
E.
In Peter Wilks ’ coffin

37. Who do the king and duke think stole the money?
A.
Jim and Huck
B.
Each other
C.
The nieces
D.
The slaves they just sold
E.
The widow Bartley

38. Whom does Huck finally tell about the whole scam?
A.
Miss Mary Jane
B.
Doctor Robinson
C.
The sheriff
D.
Joanne, the hare-lip
E.
Susan

39. What shakes up Huck’s plan to fix everything right with the Wilkses?
A.
The duke discovers Huck took the money
B.
The duke, king, and Huck get arrested
C.
The real Harvey and William Wilks brothers arrive in town
D.
Jim is captured by bounty hunters
E.
Huck comes down with the mumps

40. Why do the people decide to dig up Peter
Wilks’s corpse?
A.
To see what’s tattooed on Peter’s chest
B.
To dig up the buried gold
C.
To make sure the right body was in the coffin
D.
To check to see if he had six toes
E.
To perform an autopsy

41. After they escaped from the town, who confesses to stealing the money
A.
Huck
B.
Jim
C.
Duke
D.
King
E.
No one

42. Just when Huck thinks he and Jim can escape from the duke and king, what happens?
A.
Jim is captured because of the wanted posters they made
B.
The duke and king find out and tie them both up
C.
The raft disappears down the river
D.
Huck trips over a stump running away and breaks his leg
E.
The king comes back to the raft and forces Huck to help him rob a house

43. When Huck felt like God is punishing him for all the bad things he has done, what does
Huck do?
A.
Writes a letter to Miss Watson to tell her where to find Jim
B.
He tries to pray
C.
He decides “All right then, I’ll go to hell.”
D.
All of the above
E.
None of the above

44. During this adventure, the river has best served as a symbol of
A.
Commerce
B.
Slavery
C.
Freedom
D.
Equality
E.
Civilization

45. The river provided all the following
EXCEPT:
A.
Food
B.
Money
C.
Transportation
D.
Essential goods
E.
A permanent home

46. Twain puts in a scene where Jim tells Huck about his daughter Elizabeth in order to
A.
Show that Jim misses his family and has identical feelings to white people
B.
Show that Jim is a cruel father who abuses his deaf daughter
C.
Show that Jim is a good father
D.
Show that Jim does not know what it is like to be deaf
E.
Show Huck that Jim is not a person he should be helping

47. Jim has been all of the following except
A.
Superstitious
B.
Fake
C.
Motherly
D.
Hard working
E.
A good friend

48. When Huck ends up at the Phelps’s, who do they think he is?
A.
Their neighbor’s son Abram Foster
B.
Their nephew Tom Sawyer
C.
A run-away
D.
The thief who stole their chicken
E.
A boy who fell off the steamboat

49. What became of the king and duke?
A.
They were tarred and feathered
B.
Both disappeared
C.
They were still performing “The Royal
Nonesuch”
D.
They got caught scamming people and put in jail
E.
They got saved and began holding legitimate revival meetings all over the south

50. Huck assumed all the following identities EXCEPT
A.
Tom Sawyer
B.
Sarah Williams
C.
Thomas Smith
D.
George Peters
E.
George Jackson

51. Huck pretends to be all of the following
EXCEPT
A.
A butcher’s son
B.
An orphan
C.
An escaped apprentice
D.
A farmer’s son
E.
A British servant

52. Three main symbols of the novel are:
A.
River, ferryboats, bread
B.
River, witchcraft, raft
C.
River, names, money
D.
River, money, raft
E.
River, places, food

53. Greed is present in all of the following
EXCEPT:
A.
Jim’s financial investments
B.
The selling of Jim back into slavery
C.
Huck selling his money to the judge
D.
Pap’s return
E.
None of the above

54. The central conflict of the novel is:
A.
Freeing Jim from slavery
B.
Getting rid of the duke and the dauphin
C.
Escaping the abuse suffered at the hands of
Huck’s father
D.
Huck’s struggle to come to terms with himself and society
E.
Creating an adventure that would rival anything Tom Sawyer could concoct

55. With whom does Huck seem to fall in love?
A.
Sarah Williams
B.
Mary Jane Wilks
C.
Miss Watson
D.
Emmeline
E.
Huck does not fall in love

56. Which paradox is NOT an inherent part of
Huck Finn’s character?
A.
He has money but lives like he’s poor
B.
He fully supports slavery but wants to free
Jim
C.
He has a realistic approach to life but is superstitious
D.
He loves school but hates to learn
E.
All of the above

57. Huck’s sense of growing maturity is best described by which of the following quotes?
A.
“I could a stayed if I wanted to, but I didn’t want to.”
(with the widow)
B.
“All right, then, I’ll go to hell!” (discussing releasing
Jim from slavery)
C.
“It was a real bully circus.” (describing a circus he attends)
D.
“At last she come and begun to ask me questions, but I couldn’t answer them straight…” (explaining why he lied to Aunt Sally)
E.
“…she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can’t stand it. I’ve been there before.” (end of novel)

58. There are several revelations at the end of the novel. Which of the following is revealed by Tom Sawyer?
A.
That Huck’s Pap is in prison
B.
That Jim is a free man
C.
That Aunt Sally wants to adopt Huck
D.
That the Phelps want him to stay there
E.
That Huck plans to go back and marry his true love

59. The final climax of Huck’s adventure occurs
A.
During the feud when Buck gets killed
B.
When Jim and Huck lose the duke and king
C.
When the raft is run over by a steamboat
D.
When Huck learns his Pap is dead
E.
After he and Tom get caught stealing Jim

60. The fact that Jim knew about Huck’s Pap, but did not tell Huck, reveals what possibilities about
Jim’s character?
A.
That he felt sorry for Huck and wanted to protect him
B.
That he wanted Huck to continue to run away with him
C.
That Jim’s character is complex
D.
That he didn’t want Huck to know how his deceased father looked
E.
All of the above

61. Twain sarcastically portrays religion in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
A.
Having Huck pray every day while living with the widow
B.
Having Huck’s prayers be answered
C.
Having the Grangerfords carry their weapons with them to church
D.
Having the king pretend to be a pirate and then take advantage of the congregation
E.
Having the feud start up because of a note hidden in the Bible

62. What is Mark Twain’s real name?
A.
Stephen K. Foster
B.
Alexander Graham Bell
C.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
D.
Thomas S. Huckleberry
E.
Sherburn L. Phelps

63. Where was Twain’s boyhood home?
A.
Hannibal, Missouri
B.
Houston, Texas
C.
Hartford, Connecticut
D.
Little Rock, Arkansas
E.
New Orleans, Louisiana

64. What unusual event happened when he was born?
A.
He was the survivor of a set of twins
B.
Halley’s Comet appeared that night
C.
A solar eclipse happened
D.
The umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck, and he wasn’t expected to survive
E.
His mother died giving birth to him

65. Mark Twain’s approach to the issue of racism in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is that
A.
He supports it wholeheartedly
B.
He sarcastically denounces it
C.
He attacks it directly
D.
He does not deal with racism in Huck Finn
E.
He follows society’s notion of that time period that whites are superior to blacks

66. Twain’s Huck Finn has been banned for what reason?
A.
The derogatory use of the word “nigger”
B.
The close relationship between Huck and Jim
C.
The fear that the book would dirty children’s minds
D.
The glamorous portrayal of a child running away from home
E.
All of the above

67. The fact that Huck defers to Tom’s outlandish plot to steal Jim reveals what about Huck’s character?
A.
His journey is not truly over
B.
Tom is smarter than Huck
C.
Huck is not as creative as Tom
D.
All of the above
E.
None of the above

 68. Why is it important that Huck says, "All right then,
I'll go to hell”?
A.
He has turned his back on religion which has so often helped him.
B.
He has chosen what is right according to his conscience rather than according to social or religious rules.
C.
He has become such good friends with Jim that he would risk the eternal happiness of his soul to do what he thinks is right for his friend.
D.
a and b
E.
b and c

69. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is narrated in the
A.
third person point-of-view
B.
third person omniscient point-of-view
C.
first person point-of-view
D.
stream of consciousness of Huck
E.
none of the above

 70. What is the main difference between
Huck and Tom?
A.
Huck is a dreamer; Tom is practical
B.
Huck is dependable; Tom is a dreamer
C.
Huck is neat; Tom is sloppy
D.
Huck is irresponsible;Tom is dependable
E.
none of the above