huck finn study guide slava

Jordan Walker
Mr.Slava
Honors English 10
2/20/13
Huck Finn Questions
Chapter 1
1Q.Summarize Briefly Huck’s review of the Tom Sawyer’s Story.
1A. Huck’s Review of the Tom Sawyer story is that it was a mostly true story but with some stretches of the truth.
2Q.Who is actually more irritating to Huck than the Widow?
2A. To Huck the widow’s sister is more irritating.
3Q.What omen does Huck receive that the adventures beginning may be bad or dangerous?
3A.The omen that Huck receives is that he kills a spider by accidentally burning it in the candle.
4Q.Why doesn’t Huck care about “Moses and the Bulrushers”?
4A.Huck doesn’t care about them because they are dead.
5Q.Why does Huck decide he wants to go to the bad place.
5A.Huck decides that he wants to go to the bad place because he was told that Tom was going to be there and he wants him and Tom together.
Chapter 2
1Q.Where does Tom take Huck and their friends?
1A. Tom takes Huck and their friends to a secret cave.
2Q.Who does Huck offer as “family” that may be killed if he should ever reveal the secrets of the gang?
2A.Huck offers up the widow’s sister as his family.
3Q.What does it mean to “ransom” the captives.
3A. According to Huck and his gang to “ransom” the victims is to hold them captive until they die.
4Q.How does Jim account for his hat being hung on a tree limb and the nickel being left on the table.
4A.Jim accounts for his hat being hung and the nickel being left by saying he was rode by witches and the nickel was given to him by the devil himself.
Chapter 3
1Q.Whose idea of Providence does Huck prefer?
1A. Huck prefers the Widow’s idea of Providence.
2Q. What becomes of Huck’s father?
2A.Huck’s father is found dead in a lake.
3Q. What happened to the gang of robbers?
3A. The gang of robbers broke apart.
4Q. Contrast Huck’s character with Tom’s.
4A. Tom Sawyer is an imaginative kid while Huck will only believe something g if its in front of him.
Chapter 4
1Q. Whose tracks does Huck recognize in the snow?
1A Huck recognizes Pap’s tracks in the snow.
2Q Why does Huck want Judge Thatcher to Take all his money/
2A Huck wants judge Thatcher to take all his money because he doesn’t want Pap to get it.
3Q Does Judge Thatcher understand the situation?
3A No Judge Thatcher doesn’t understand.
4Q What is a hairball and what properties does it have?
4A The hairball id from the fourth stomach of an ox and it is suppose to have a spirit in it that can predict the future.
5Q What does Jim say that the hairball tells him?
5A Jim says the hairball tells him that there are two angles over Pap and he doesn’t know if he wants to take or leave Huck alone. Also that Huck Would marry two girls one poor first then one rich.
6Q What does Huck find when he returns to his room?
6A Huck finds Pap sitting in his room.
Chapter 5
1Q What has Huck’s Father come for?
1A Huck’s father has come for the money.
2Q What is Pap’s “new life” and how long does it last?
2A Pap’s new life is being civilized but it only lasts until the night.
3Q What kind of man is Huck’s father? What would he be called today?  How does Huck React To him?
3A Huck’s father is a liar and a drunk. Today Huck’s father would be called a Bum. Huck reacts to his father with fear and unease.
Chapter 6
1Q What makes Huck like going to school?
1A Huck likes going to school now because it was in defiance of Pap.
2Q What does Pap do?
2A Pap takes Huck and sends him to a cabin and locks him up.
3Q When Pap got drunk, what was his favorite subject to cuss about?
3A When Pap got drunk his favorite topic to talk about was the government.
Chapter 7
1Q What does the “June rise” of the river float down to Huck?
1A The “June rise” bring a canoe to Huck.
2Q What does he do with it?
2A Huck decides that he is going to hide the canoe and uses it run away.
3Q Why does Huck wish Tom Sawyer were with him?
3A Huck wished Tom Sawyer was with him because he thinks tom would like what he did and add some touches to it.
4Q what is the purpose of killing the pig and leaving the bloody axe?
4A The purpose of killing the pig and leaving the bloody axe is to make it look like Huck was murdered.
Chapter 8
1Q Where does Huck go to escape his father?
1A Huck goes to Jacksons Island to escape.
2Q How does he get there?
2A Huck gets there by rowing on the Canoe.
3Q Why are the loaves of bread floated out over the water?
3A The loaves of bread floated out over the water to try and find Huck’s body.
4Q How long is Huck on the island before he realizes that somebody else is there too?
4A It takes Huck 3 days and 3 nights to find out he wasn’t alone.
5Q What does “There warn’t much sand in my craw” mean?
5A The Saying means that Huck doesn’t have much courage left.
6Q Who was the man that has been living on the island?
6A The man who was living on the island is Jim.
7Q Why has Jim run away?
7A Jim ran away because he heard word that he was going to be sold.
8Q Why is Jim afraid of Huck at first?
8A Jim is afraid of Huck because he thinks that Huck was a ghost.
9Q What are some of the superstitions mentioned in this chapter?
9A Some superstitions in this chapter is about the loaves of bread and how they were suppose to find the body.
Chapter 9
1Q What superior abode do Huck and Jim find on the island?
1A Huck and Jim find a cave to stay in.
2Q Was Jim right about the bird’s flight portending rain?
2A Jim was right about it going to rain.
3Q Does Huck enjoy hiding out on the island in the cave?
3A Huck does enjoy hiding out in the cave.
4Q What two important things does the river float to Huck and Jim.
4A The two things that the river brings to Huck and Jim are a raft and a boat house.
Chapter 10
1Q What does the title of this chapter indicate to you?
1A The title of this chapter lets me know something is going to happen because someone is messing with a Snake-skin.
2Q What is “one of the carelessest and foolishest things a body can do?”
2A The most careless and foolish thing a body can do is mess with a snake skin with your bare hands.
3Q What is the logical explanation for the Superstition that handling a snake will bring bad luck?
3A The logical explanation is how Huck forgot about the snake he killed and the mate of the snake came and bit Jim.
Chapter 11
1Q What are the rumors in the town about Huck’s disappearance?
1A The rumors of Huck’s disappearance are that Jim killed him and then there are other that think Pap did it.
2Q Why does the woman ask Huck to throw a lead bar at the rats?
2A The woman asks Huck to throw to throw a lead bar at the rats because she wanted to see the way he threw it to see if he was a girl or boy by the way he threw it.
3Q What other trick does the woman use to find out Huck’s identity?
3A The woman drops something in between his legs to see what he would do and she looks at how he was trying put the thread into the needle.
Chapter 12
1Q What does this title mean?
1A This title means that it is best to let blame alone.
2Q Why do Bill and Jake want Jim Turner dead?
2A They want him dead because they don’t think he will keep quiet about the robbery they made.
3Q What is Jakes objection to killing Turner?
3A Jakes objection to killing Turner was for them just to leave him on the wreck and leave him to die.
4Q Do you think Huck is essentially moral and honorable person? Why or why not?
4A I think Huck is essentially moral because he was concerned about the “borrowing” and leaving the men on the wreck.
Chapter 13
1Q Why Does Huck make up the story he tells the ferry man?
1A Huck makes up the story so the ferry man would save the men on the wreck.
2Q Why does Huck want the robbers to be rescued?
2A Huck wants the robbers to be rescued because he figured that one day the same thing might happen to him and he wants them to hang by the court.
3Q What does Huck mean when he says “rapscallions and dead-beats is the kind the widow and good people takes most interest in?”
3A Huck means that good people take interest in bad things.
Chapter 14
1Q What is the purpose of this chapter?
1A The purpose of this chapter is to show how Jim thinks and his way of rationalizing a situation.
Chapter 15
1Q What is a towhead?
1A A towhead is a sandbar in the river that is covered with cottonwood trees
2Q How do Huck and Jim become separated?
2A There was a string currant.
3Q What does Huck play on Jim?
3A Huck pretends that the whole thing of them becoming separated was a dream.
4Q What is the result of the trick?
4A The result of the trick is that Jim found out and makes Huck feels bad about fooling him.
Chapter 16
1Q What plan do Huck And Jim have?
1A Huck and Jim plan to go to Carew and make Jim free but Huck was having second thoughts.
2Q What bothers Huck as they near the point where Jim will be free?
2A the thing that bothers Huck is that he was letting Jim be free when he was Ms. Watson’s slave and how Ms.Waston did nothing to Huck.
3Q What’s Jim dream?
3A Jim’s dream was to become free buy his wife and get his kids though buoying them or by kidnapping them with an abolitionist.
4Q What do Huck and Jim plan to do with the money they get from the two men?
4A They plan to get deck passes for a steamboat.
5Q Why don’t they follow this plan?
5A They don’t follow the plan because they had passed the place.
6Q What do they believe caused their bad luck?
6A They believe that the snake skin caused their problems.
7Q Is Jim bitter toward Huck for causing the bad luck?
7A Jim is not bitter because Huck didn’t know.
8Q What happens to separate Jim and Huck again?
8A Jim and Huck are separated because a ferry boat crashes into their raft.
9Q What is the irony in Huck’s thinking about Jim saying he would steal his children if he had to?
9A The irony is that Huck has a bad father and would expect him to want a good father like Jim is trying to do for his kids.
Chapter 17
1Q What do the Grangerfords first think of Huck?
1A The Grangerfords first think Huck is Shepardson.
2Q What problems does Huck have when he wakes up on the morning at the Grangerford house?
2A He forgot what his name was.
3Q What kind of people are the Grangerfords? Are they just feuding hillbillies or something more.
3A they are something more.
4Q What is the purpose of the long passages describing the Grangerford house and family?
4A The purpose was to give the reader an idea of what people they are and so show how they were more than just hillbillies.
Chapter 18
1Q What does Huck find in the spot where he is told he will see “a whole stack o’water-moccasins”?
1A Huck finds Jim
2Q Why didn’t Jack just tell Huck Jim was there
2A So that he wouldn’t get in trouble.
3Q What causes Huck to decide to leave the Grangerfords? Would he have had trouble making up his mind to leave otherwise?
3A Huck decided to leave because thinks the fighting is his fault because he didn’t the paper. He didn’t have troubles in deciding to leave.
4Q What brings the feud to a boiling point?
4A The family comes to a boiling point when one of the Granderford girls runs off with a Sheperdson.
Chapter 19
1Q How do Huck and Jim arrange their traveling?
1A Huck and Jim arrange their traveling by saying Jim is Huck’s slave and they can Only travel by night.
2Q What had the two travelers been doing to get the in trouble?
2A the younger of the two was selling a tooth paste that took off too much enamel on the teeth and the older one was running a temperance meeting but was a drinker.
3Q What is a temperance revival?
3A A temperance revival is a religious way of getting help for a drinking problem and trying to save the drunkards.
4Q Who do the men say they are?
4A The younger of the two was saying to be the duke and the older one was saying to be the rightful king of France.
5Q What is result of the two men’s claims?
5A the result of the claims lead Huck to find out that they are lying about who they are.
Chapter 20
1 How does convince the men that Jim is not a runaway slave?
A Huck convinces the men that Jim is not a runaway by saying Jim is Huck’s slave and they are trying to make their way down south so Huck can live with his family.
2 How does the Duke arrange it so they can travel by the day?
A.	The makes a hand bill for Jim so that they can say that Jim is there captive.
Chapter 21
1 What plans do the king and the duke have for getting money?
A the king and the duke are planning to put o a play in the next town for money.
2 What names do the duke and the king assume for theater?
A The King played Romeo and the Duke Juliet. In Richard III, the Duke played Richard III, and King Richmond.
Chapter 22
1Q Why does the duke decide to change the show they put on?
A The Duke decides to change the play they put on so they can make more money because the people weren’t interested in the plays they were doing before.
2 Why does the sign saying “No women or children” bring in a good audience.
A It brings in a good audience because it leads people to think that there is going to be material in the play that is too mature for kids and would offend the women.
Chapter 23
1 What does Huck think about the kings?
A Huck thinks that the Duke and the king are modest for being “royalty” and says they could be worse.
2 Is Huck’s history at all accurate?
A Huck’s history is very off but he does get the main ideas.
3 What is Jim’s frequent kindness to Huck?
A Jim’s frequent kindness is that he doesn’t wake Huck when it is his turn to steer.
4 What is the cause of Jim’s mourning?
A Jim’s reason for mourning is that he is homesick and also he hit his daughter not knowing that she had scarlet fever.
Chapter 24
1 How does the duke arrange things so that Jim won’t have to stay in the wigwam all day as a runaway slave?
A The duke puts Jim in some of the clothes from the play and painting him blue and putting a sign on him that says sick Arab.
2 Where does The king get the info needed to swindle the girls?
A The King gets the information from a boy that was on the ferry.
Chapter 25
1 Who are the three Wilks sisters?
A The sisters are Joanna, Mary Jane, and Susan.
2 Do the king and the duke have trouble proving they are the Brothers?
A No they don’t because the people have never seen sign language and also never heard an English accent.
3 What is flapdoodle?
A Flapdoodle means nonsense.
4 Why do the king and the duke add $415 of their own money to the money hidden in the cellar?
A They do this so that it won’t look like they stole from the girls.
5 What do the king and the duke do which seems to confirm beyond doubt that they are the girls’ uncles?
A They offer for the girls to keep the money.
Chapter 26
1 Why doesn’t Joanna eat at the table with the others?
A She doesn’t eat with the others because of her cleft lip and its gross for the others to see her eat.
2 What makes Huck want to help the three sisters?
A Huck sees how sweet the girls are feels bad for them being tricked.
3 Who is the only person in town that believes that the King and Duke are frauds?
A The Doctor is the only one I town to believe that the king and Duke are fakes.
4 How does Huck find where the money king and duke hid the money?
A Huck sees them put the money in that mattress.
5 How do the Duke and King get the money if they gave it to the girls?
A They get the money because the girls gave it to them.

6 Where is the money hidden?
 A The money is hidden in the mattress.
Chapter 27
1 Where does Huck hide the money after he takes from the king?
A Huck hides the money in the coffin
2 What upsets the girls in the settling of estate?
A The selling of the slaves.
Chapter 28
1 Why does Huck reveal the plot to Mary Jane
A He feels bad for her.
2 What is Huck’s plan?
Huck’s plan is to hide the money and tell her where it is so she can get it back.
3 What proof can she use to prove the two men are dishonest?
A She can go north and ask the people about the play The Royal None Such.
Chapter 29
 1 What went wrong with Huck’s plan?
A He was taken.
2 How do the king and the duke behave?
A They act like the other men that show up are the frauds.
3 What had them delay?
A The king and duke say that there is an arrow on the body and the people have to check the body.
Chapter 30
 1 How do Huck, the king, and the duke get away from the cwod when peter Wilks’ body is uncovered?
A They run when the people see the bag of gold on the money.
2 What saves Huck from being accused of stealing the king and the dukes money?
A The king and the dike think that one another are the ones that tried to still the money.
Chapter 31
1 How had Jim been captured?
A The king sold Jim back into slavery?
2 What does Huck Tell the duke when he sees him the next day?
A He tells him that Jim had been stolen.
3 Does the duke tell Huck the truth Jim whereabouts?
A No
4 What is the moral problem confronting Huck in this chapter?
A Huck doesn’t know if he should tell MS.Watson where Jim is or if he should gi and save Jim.
Chapter 32
1 How is Huck almost trapped into telling Aunt Sally he isn’t who she thinks he is?
A He is almost trapped because they want to know about where he came from, what took him so long, and about the family from which he came.
2 How does he avoid this?
A He stays quiet until the Uncle comes and the Aunt wants to play a trick on the uncle.
3 What makes Aunt Sally he is Tom Sawyer?
A she has been expecting Tom to come.
Chapter 33
1 What does Tom think when he sees Huck on the saide of the road?
A He thinks that Huck is ghost.
2 Who do they say the real Tom is?
A They say the real Tom is Huck.
3 What happens to the King and the duke?
A They are tarred and feathered and kicked out of town?
4 How does Huck feel about this?
A He feels sorry for the king and the duke.
Chapter 34

1 Who finds out where Jim is?
A Tom does.
2 What clues does he recognize?
A He sees the watermelon going into the shed  to be feed to what Huck thought were dogs.
3 What does Tom Think is wrong with Huck’s plan for helping Jim escape?
A Tom says his plan is too simple.
Chapter 35
1 Why do Tom and Huck have to make up so many difficulties in helping Jim escape?
A They have because the more difficult it is the better it is and it would people talking about it for longer according to Tom.
2 What are some things that must be done by and for the prisoner before he can escape?
A The prisoner has to be guarded by a watchman or a dog and they have escape with a cloth rope.
Chapter 36
1 What is letting on? Why is it important in this chapter?
A Letting on is hinting that something was done it is important in this chapter because they are doing things the “non- regular” way of doing things.
Chapter 37
1 What does Aunt Sally miss from her household that nearly reveals the plot?
A Aunt Sally is missing a shirt.
Chapter 38
1 Why does Jim have to make the inscription on the wall?
A It’s the regular thing to do.
2 What does “smouched” mean?
A Means to steal something.
3 What begins to be ironic about the plans?
A A rattle snake in the beginning is something no one wants but now tom says in necessary to have.
Chapter 39
1 How long does it take to get everything well arranged for a proper prisoner?
A Its takes them 3 weeks.
2 What are “Nonnamous Letters”?
A Warnings to the people that something is up.
3 Why is Aunt Sally getting so nervous?
A She is nervous because of the letter.
Chapter 40
1 What makes Huck begin to think something has gone wrong when Aunt Sally catches him in the cellar?
A She tells him to stay in the setting room and he sees all the farmers with guns.
2 What do Tom and Huck do to confuse her completely?
A The butter starts to run down Huck’s face.
3 Is Tom alarmed to hear about the farmers?
A No but he is happy and thinks he could get more.
4 Why aren’t the dog sany help in finding the runaway and the boys?
A The dogs know them.
5 What spoils the getaway?
A Tom got shot in leg and they have to go get the doctor.