Answers to Huckleberry Finn.?
1. TWAIN USED HUCK AS A NARRATOR BECAUSE THE READER CAN EASILY RELATE TO A YOUNG BOY WITH A BELIEVABLE PERSONALITY.
a. True
b. False
2. Twain paints a kinder picture of the WidowDouglas than he does of Miss Watson…
a. True
b. False
3. When he writes about the new judge’s treatment of Pap, Twain is satirizing “do-good-ers”
a. True
b. False
4. In the first three chapters Huck sees himself as in intelligent, capable person
a. True
b. False
5. From the start, Huch sees Jim as an honorable person.
a. True
b. False
6. Huck knew his father had returned because
a. Tom tells him
b. he saw him at the tavern
c. Pap summoned Huck to the jail
d. he recognized the distinctive boot-print
7. Jim ran away from Miss Watson because
a. she was so cruel to him and his family
b. he was afarid she’d sell him and separate his family
c. he was tired of being a slave
d. he wanted to get away from his family
8. what mixed emotions does Huck feel toward his father?
a. he loves Pap who wants him to go back to school
b. he hates Pap and loves living with the Widow Douglas and Miss Watson
c. he enjoys his freedom but hates the harsh treatment
d. he hates the boredom, but loves Pap
9. On a symbolic level, what is Huck doing when he plots his own death?
a. he is burying the old Huck and giving rebirth to a new one
b. he is showing his disgust for Pap
c. He is making everyone feel sorry for him
d. all of the above
10. When Huck visits with Mrs. Loftus, he discovers that
a. a posse is looking for him
b. people think he helped Jim escape
c. people think Jim had killed Huck
d. people think Huck has killed Jim
11. What goes wrong when Huck puts a dead rattlesnake in Jim’s blanket?
a. jim gets angry and strikes Huck
b. jim thought it was a great joke
c. nothing happens
d. the rattlesnake’s mate bites him
12. Huck feels guilty about not turing Jim in. Why?
a. He knows Miss Watson needs Jim
b. Huck shares society’s values and feels it would be wrong to hide Jim.
c. Huck knows Jim was a mean slave
d. He knew it would be a good way to get money
13. The last line of chapter 9 says “We got home all safe.” Where is “home”?
a. the raft
b. anywhere they were
c. the cave on Jackson Island
d. His room at the Widow Douglas’s
14. Mrs. Loftus knows Huck isn’t a girl because
a. he doesn’t thread a needle right
b. he throws like a boy
c. he catches like a boy
d. all of the above
15. After his encounter with Mrs. Loftus, Huck and Jim took off, but did stop and made some additions– including wigwam– to the raft to make it more comfortable and usable.
a. True
b. False
16. Huck and Jim discover two murderers on the wrecked steamboat.
a. true
b. false
17. Huck and Jim plan to reach safe territory by booking passage on a boat and going up the Ohio.
a. True
b. False
18. After tricking Jim about where he was in the fog, Huck thought it was funny how he “put Jim in his place.”
a. true
b. False
19. The fog “incident” helps Huuck begin to see Jim as a Human being- not just a slave.
a. true
b. false
20. After the steamboat smashed into the raft, Huck and Jim were separated. Huck made it to shore and
a. started hunting for jim
b. became upest because he was completely lost
c. started walking and came upon a double-log house
d. was so tired he streched out and went to sleep
21. Twain satirizes the hypocritical way some people practice religion when he
a. writes about Emmeline’s poetry
b. writes about feuding families attending Church carrying guns
c. describes the Grangerford’s house
d. tells about finding Jim again
22. Why does Huck say there is “no home like a raft”?
a. he doesn’t have daily chores to do on a raft
b. he can get off whenever he wants
c. that is where he is most comfortable
d. no one bothers him there
23. Huck met the duke and king when
a. the Grangerfords introduced the,
b. he attended church
c. they were being chased by irate townspeople
d. none of the above
24. the group of four can travel by day ow because
a. they’ve perpared a poster saying they’ve captured Jim and are returining him
b. they fake papers showing they own Jim
c. the duke and king keep Jim and Huck hidden
d. they were in “free” territory so no one questioned Jim’s being them
25. How do the townspeople react when Colonel Sherburn kills Boggs?
a. they view it with great sadness
b. they see it as a form of entertainment
c. they have total indifference
d. they were totally suprised
26. Twain seems to have contempt for large groups of humanity
a. true
b. false
27. Colonel Sherburn represented people who “look” good, but have and evil core
a. true
b. false
28. The duke and king dupe the people out of their money by putting on a musical variety show
a. true
b. false
29. As Jim tell Huck about his daughter, Elizabeth, we see that Jim has feelings- just like a white man does.
a. true
b. false
30.The king is worried about
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Mon, 15th Feb 2010 12:49 pm
Guessing you haven’t read the book, here’s the best quick film I can find for you
Good luck, the next one, called Tom and Huck, I liked that more
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