Huck Finn Chapters 19+20

In Chapters 19, Jim believes there are spirits passing close by on the river. How does Huck says he knows they're just people?

• He was able to see them.
• He said "…spirits wouldn't say, 'dern the dern fog'."
• He could smell them
• He said he heard them say, "The devil take me if it ain't true!"

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In Chapter 19, when two men beg to join Huck in his canoe, he says that they must go up stream and swim down to him. How did he know they have time?

• The dogs were close enough Huck could see them.
• He didn't think they had time, but knew it was safer anyway.
• The dogs and horses were not audible yet
• There was no one chasing them

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In Chapter 19, the younger man is on the run from a town for selling something. What is it?

• Teeth whitener that removes the tartar and the enamel
• Metal that looks like silver but is as valuable as aluminum
• Books that are only partially written
• Metal that looks like gold but turns your skin green where it touches.

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In Chapter 19, the older man believes he would've received what punishment from the town for his wrong doing?

• Crucified
• Hung
• Whipped
• Tarred and feathered

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In Chapter 19, the younger man claims that he is the rightful heir to what?

• The Dukeship of Bridgewater
• The Throne of France
• The Throne of England
• The Shepherdson Plantation

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In Chapter 19, the older man claims he is the rightful heir to what?

• The Dukeship of Bridgewater
• The Throne of France
• The Throne of England
• The Shepherdson Plantation

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At the end of Chapter 19, Huck says that he believes the men's stories wholeheartedly.

• true
• false

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At the beginning of Chapter 20, what is the one truth in the lie that Huck tells the men?

• His pa drowned
• He had a younger brother Ike
• He and Jim are headed to Orleans
• Their raft was hit by a steamboat

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In Chapter 20, what commodity to Jim and Huck give up to the men?

• Their chairs
• Their shoes
• Their beds
• Their entire raft

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In Chapter 20, what wakes Huck up from his nap during the storm?

• A bolt of lightning
• A clap of thunder
• The rain
• A wave washes him off the raft

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