Huck Finn Quiz 35-43
Matching. Match the letter of the correct person with the number
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3.
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6.
7.
8.
thinks witches are around playing tricks
bites into a corn pone which “most mashed his teeth out”
Comes to visit from St. Petersburg
thinks that Huck is a ghost when first sees him
Dies before the book ends
promises to punish Tom when he gets well
is not in the book, though his name is
Aunt Polly’s brother-in-law
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B.
C.
D.
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F.
G.
H.
Aunt Sally
Uncle Silas
Tom Sawyer
Sid Sawyer
Aunt Polly
Nat
Jim
Pap
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Multiple Choice. Circle the letter next to the best answer
9. Tom agrees to use picks to dig a hole for Jim, but only so long as they pretend that
they are:
A) spoons
B) tin plates
C) knives
D) corn pone
10. Huck’s main conflict in these chapters is:
A) Jim’s complaining
B) Whether to follow Tom’s schemes or not
C) Aunt Sally’s harsh discipline
D) Trying to get rid of the king and duke
11. Which thing does Aunt Sally NOT miss that Tom and Huck stole?
A) the shirt
B) a spoon
C) six candles
D) her pie
12. In the presence of Tom, Huck:
A) is bossy and orders Tom around
B) agrees with all of Tom’s schemes
C) goes along with Tom though he has doubts
D) is angry with Tom for having so many good ideas
13. Who most represents the values of society in the final chapters?
A) Pap
B) Tom
C) Jim
D) Huck
14. Aunt Sally catches Huck coming up from the basement with:
A) Candlesticks in his knapsack
B) Butter in his hat
C) Bread under his arm
D) Shovels in his hands
15. All are Jim’s companions in captivity except:
A) rats
B) snakes
C) dead cats
D) spiders
16. The farmers descend on the farm with guns after:
A) the boys send an anonymous note
B) the slaves tell Uncle Silas of the witches
C) Jim’s diary is discovered
D) Huck accidentally tells Aunt Sally
17. Tom’s motivation for his scheme to help Jim escape is:
A) he wants to help Huck
B) his hates slavery
C) for the adventure of it
D) to get back at his Aunt Sally
18. When Tom is shot he:
A) picks the bullet out of his leg
B) begs Huck and Jim to take him to a doctor
C) wants to row away as if nothing happened
D) screams for Aunt Polly
19. Huck’s plan for Jim’s escape is:
A) more complicated than Tom’s
B) to ask Aunt Sally to free him
C) stealing a key and unlocking the door
D) to escape through the window
20. When he hears about the king and duke being tarred and feathered, Huck:
A) lets out a “whoop-ee”
B) celebrates with Jim
C) feels bad for them
D) wishes he had been there to help the mob
True / False. Write “T” or “F” next to the sentence.
21. Jim is supposed to write with his blood when bitten by the snake.
22. Uncle Silas never allows Sally to speak her mind.
23. Aunt Sally, at one point, thinks that Tom’s brains have escaped his head.
24. Tom wants to saw off the door handle to the hut in which Jim is a prisoner.
25. Tom and Huck escape the chasing hounds because the dogs are used to them.
Who said it? Put the name of the person that said the quote at the end of each line:
26. “The door ain’t going to be locked, Tom, and there’s the window and the rod; but
you’ll be good, won’t you? And you won’t go? For my sake. ___________________
27. “It ain’t right, and it ain’t moral, and I wouldn’t like it to get out; but there ain’t only
just one way: we got to dig him out with the picks, and let on it’s case knives.
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28. “I reckon I hain’t raised such a scamp as my Tom all these years not to know him
when I see him.”_______________________________
29. “Mars Tom, I’s willin’ to tackle mos’ anything ‘at ain’t onreasonable, but ef you en
Huck fetches a rattlesnake in heah for me to tame, I’s gwyne to leave, dat’s shore.”
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30. “Picks is the thing, moral or no moral; and as for me, I don’t care shucks for the
morality of it, nohow. When I start in to steal a nigger, or a watermelon, or a Sundayschool book, I ain’t particular how it’s done so it’s done.”________________________
Essay Question (5 points):
What are some ways that Huck Finn respects Jim’s dignity as a human being and some
ways that he may not. Are Huck’s actions moral when it comes to his relationship with
Jim? Why or why not.