The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
English 11 – American Literature
Reading Schedule
 It is very important that you keep up with the reading schedule. Each time we meet for class
we will have a reading assignment of about 30 pages.
 Whether we have reading time or not in class, you are still expected to come to the next class
period with the assigned reading completed! You will be quizzed each day on the reading.
 If you are absent or sick, you are still expected to come to class with your reading homework
done; there are NO exceptions and no excuses!
Chapters
Ch. 1-5
Ch. 6-9
Ch. 10-13
Ch. 14-17
Ch. 18-20
Ch. 21-24
Ch. 25-28
Ch. 29-31
Ch. 32-36
Ch. 37-end
Due Date
Day 1 – 11/26
Day 2 – 11/27
Day 1 – 11/28
Day 2 – 11/29
Day 1 – 11/30
Day 2 – 12/3
Day 1 – 12/4
Day 2 – 12/5
Day 1 – 12/6
Day 2 – 12/7
Day 1 – 12/10
Day 2 – 12/11
Day 1 – 12/12
Day 2 - 12/13
Day 1 – 12/14
Day 2 – 12/17
Day 1 – 12/18
Day 2 – 12/19
Day 1 – 12/20
Day 2 – 12/21
Study Guide Questions
Quizzes will be based on the study guide questions. The study guide is not required; however,
you can turn in your completed study guide on the day of the unit test for extra credit points.
Chapters 1-5
1.
Who are the following:
A.
Huck Finn
B.
Tom Sawyer
C.
Jim
D.
Miss Watson
E.
Widow Douglas
2.
Why doesn’t Huck get along with Miss Watson and Widow Douglas?
3.
Give at least two examples of superstition in this section of the reading.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Contrast Huck and Tom. What are their main differences?
Why does Huck give his money to Judge Thatcher?
Describe Pap Finn. What kind of a person is he?
What is Huck’s attitude toward his father?
Why does Pap yell at Huck for becoming civilized?
Chapters 6-9
9.
What is Huck’s plan of escape from his father?
10.
How do you know that material things don’t matter to Huck?
11.
What purpose does Huck’s death serve?
12.
How does Huck meet Jim on Jackson’s Island? Why is Jim there?
13.
List three comparisons between Huck and Jim.
14.
List three contrasts between Huck and Jim.
Chapters 10-13
15.
Why does Huck dress as a girl to go ashore? Where does he go? What does he find out?
16.
How do you know Huck and Jim are friends by the end of Ch. 11?
17.
Why do Huck and Jim begin their journey down the Mississippi?
18.
Why do Huck and Jim board the Walter Scott?
19.
Why does Huck want to save Jim Turner (the man on the Walter Scott)?
20.
How does Huck send help to the Walter Scott?
Chapters 14 – 17
21.
What do we learn about Jim from his talking about “King Sollermun” (King Solomon in
the Bible – see Twain website for the story)?
22.
What trick does Huck play on Jim in Ch. 15?
23.
In Chapter 16, why doesn’t Huck turn Jim in?
24.
Why don’t the slave hunters go get Jim?
25.
Explain the differences between Huck and the hunters.
26.
What is the bad luck at the end of Ch. 16?
27.
How does Huck get to the Grangerfords’?
28.
Give a brief description of the Grangerford family.
Chapters 18 - 20
29.
Give a brief description of the quarrel the Grangerfords are involved in.
30.
Where has Jim been while Huck is at the Grangerfords’ home?
31.
How do Jim and Huck meet the king and duke?
32.
Does Huck believe their story? Why or why not?
33.
Give two examples of the “cleverness” of the king and duke.
Chapters 21-24
34.
What does the incident of the shooting of Boggs and the lynch mob reveal about human
nature?
35.
Why do the people return to the show?
36.
What does the story about Jim’s daughter Lizabeth reveal about Jim as a character?
37.
How do the king and duke get their plan about being the Wilks brothers?
Chapters 25-28
38.
How do the king and duke get the Wilkses’ money?
39.
How does Huck feel about the Wilks sisters?
40.
Why does Huck steal the money from the mattress?
41.
Why doesn’t Huck’s conscience bother him when he lies so much?
Chapters 29-31
42.
What things give away the king and duke when they are challenged by the real Wilks
brothers? List at least three.
43.
Why is Huck upset when Jim is sold?
44.
Why is it important that Huck says, “All right, then, I’ll go to hell.”?
45.
Whose does Huck go to, and how does he come up with this idea?
Chapters 32-36
46.
Why does Huck assume Tom Sawyer’s identity?
47.
Who does Tom pretend to be when he arrives?
48.
What happens to the king and duke?
49.
Where is Jim being kept during all of this?
50.
What’s the difference between Tom’s plan for freeing Jim and Huck’s plan?
51.
How does Huck change when Tom comes?
52.
Tom’s plan is actually cruel. Explain why.
53.
What more do we learn about Tom in these chapters?
54.
What more do we learn about Huck?
55.
Explain the details of Tom’s plan to free Jim.
Chapters 37-end
56.
What happens to the following characters?
A.
Jim
B.
Huck
C.
Tom
57.
Is there anything left undecided at the end of the novel? Explain.
58.
How does the Widow find out about Huck?
59.
Does Tom learn his lesson? Explain.
60.
How has Huck changed over the course of the novel?