Huckleberry Finn Chapters 1-5

With whom was Huck living at the beginning of the book?

• Tom Sawyer

• Jim

• Widow Douglas and Miss Watson

• The Duke and the Dauphin

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What is the initial setting of the story?

• St. Petersburg, Missouri

• Mississippi River

• Desoto, TX

• Cairo

Who is Pap?

• Huck Finn's father

• The town drunk

• The dead man in the floating house

• All of the above

Who did Jim say gave him the "five-center piece" he wore around his neck?

• The devil

• Miss Watson

• Huck

• Tom

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Who takes care of Huck and Tom's money?

• Widow Douglass

• Judge Thatcher

• Pap

• Jim

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How does Jim tell Huck's future?

• He reads his palm.

• He uses a crystal ball

• He talks to a hairball.

• He stares into his eyes.

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What did Huck see in the snow at the fence stile that scared him?

• A bobcat.

• A boot print with a cross in the left heel.

• A ghost with an iron chain.

• A dead man.

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Why did the boys almost not let Huck join their "robbers gang"?

• They were afraid he would tell on them.

• He was too old.

• He didn't have any family to kill.

• He complained too much.

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What common trait do Huck and Jim both have at the beginning of the novel?

• They both hate Miss Watson.

• They are both very superstitious.

• They both like to play jokes.

• They both hate wearing starchy clothes.

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At what period in history does the story take place?

• WWI 1914-1918

• Great Depression 1929-1941

• Pre-civil War 1835-1845

• Civil War 1861-1865