The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Questions
Chapter 1
1. With whom was Huck living at the beginning of the book?
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2. Who is the narrator of the book?
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3. What relation is Miss Watson to the widow Douglas?
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4. Who takes care of Huch and Tom's money?
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5. Who was waiting for Huck Finn after midnight?
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Theme(s) in this chapter: ___Coming of Age
___Friendship and Betrayal
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____ Freedom & Enslavement
Chapter 2
1. To whom did Jim belong?
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2. Who did Jim say give him the 'five-center piece' he wore around h
is neck?
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3. Who called a cry-baby?
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4. What was the the "line of buisness" of the gang?
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5. Who was elected sound captain over 'Tom Sawyer's Gang?'
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Theme(s) in this chapter: ___Coming of Age
___Friendship and Betrayal
____ Social Responsibility; Conformity and Civilization
____ Freedom & Enslavement
Chapter 5
1. How do Huck's unexpected visitor get in the room?
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2. What did Pap trade his new coat for?
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3. What did the judge recon a body would need to reform Pap?
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Theme(s) in this chapter: ___Coming of Age
___Friendship and Betrayal
____ Social Responsibility; Conformity and Civilization
____ Freedom & Enslavement
Chapter 7
1. For what did Huck dive in the water?
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2. What did Huck drop "so as to look like it had been done by
accident?"
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3. What was Huck's destination once he was in the canoe?
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Theme(s) in this chapter: ___Coming of Age
___Friendship and Betrayal
____ Social Responsibility; Conformity and Civilization
____ Freedom & Enslavement
Chapter 8
1. What was the ferry- boat firing the cannon?
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2. How long is Jackson island?
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3. What did Huck find that made his " heart jump up amongst his l
ungs?"
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4. Why was Jim was afraid of Huck?
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5. Why didn't Huck believe that bees didn't sting idiots?
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Theme(s) in this chapter: ___Coming of Age
___Friendship and Betrayal
____ Social Responsibility; Conformity and Civilization
____ Freedom & Enslavement
Chapter 16
1. What town were Huck and Jim looking for?
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2. Why was Huck miserable?
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3. How did the raft get destroyed?
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Theme(s) in this chapter: ___Coming of Age
___Friendship and Betrayal
____ Social Responsibility; Conformity and Civilization
____ Freedom & Enslavement
Chapter 17
1. What was Huck's pseudonym?
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2. How did Huck find out his pseudonym after he'd. Forgotten it?
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3. How did Stephen Dowling bots die?
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Theme(s) in this chapter: ___Coming of Age
___Friendship and Betrayal
____ Social Responsibility; Conformity and Civilization
____ Freedom & Enslavement
Chapter 18
1. Who was Col. Grangerfords oldest son?
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2. At what time was Miss Sophia supposed to have her rendezvous?
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3. With whom did Sophia Grangerford run off with?
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Theme(s) in this chapter: ___Coming of Age
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____ Freedom & Enslavement
Chapter 31
1. At whose house was Jim when Huck came back to the raft?
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2. How much did the king get from Jim?
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3. How much was the reward for Jim?
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Theme(s) in this chapter: ___Coming of Age
___Friendship and Betrayal
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____ Freedom & Enslavement
Chapter 33
1. Who was coming from town in a wagon?
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2. What did the stranger do to Aunt Sally so she almost hit him?
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3. What happened to the king and the duke?
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Theme(s) in this chapter: ___Coming of Age
___Friendship and Betrayal
____ Social Responsibility; Conformity and Civilization
____ Freedom & Enslavement
Chapter 34
1. What two clues assured Tom and Huck that Jim was in the
shed?
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2. How did Tom and Huck finally decide to free Jim?
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Theme(s) in this chapter: ___Coming of Age
___Friendship and Betrayal
____ Social Responsibility; Conformity and Civilization
____ Freedom & Enslavement
Chapter 35
1. What did Tom and Huck hear that made them stop talking about
Jim's escape?
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2. How many knives did Tom want Huck to "smouch"?
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Brief Summary of this chapter:
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Theme(s) in this chapter: ___Coming of Age
___Friendship and Betrayal
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____ Freedom & Enslavement
Chapter 36
1. What kind of pie did Tom tell Nat to make?
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2. How many tallow candles did tom steal?
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Chapter 37
1. Where do they keep the boots and rags, and pieces of bottles and
wore-out tin things, and all such trucks?
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2. According to Tom, from where did William the conqueror come, a
nd on what ship?
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Chapter 38
1. What does "Maggoire fretta, minore atto" mean?
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2. What was Jim to get instead of a rattlesnake?
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3. What was Tom going to put on Jim's coffee pot?
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Chapter 39
1. What did Tom and Huck see dripping from the rafters, landing on
plates and down the back of your neck?
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2. What did Tom and Huck do with the sawdust?
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Chapter 40
1. What happened had altered the farmers to Tom, Huck, and Jim's
presence?
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2. What was Jim wearing during the "evasion"?
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Chapter 41
1. Who went to get the doctor? Why?
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2. Why didn't the dogs lead the farmers to Jim and the boys?
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Chapter 42
1. How much did the doctor say a nigger like Jim was worth?
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2. How much money was waiting for Huck back home?
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3. How did Huck's Pap die?
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Brief Summary of this chapter:
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Theme(s) in this chapter: ___Coming of Age
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____ Freedom & Enslavement