Huck Finn Ch. 15-18 Quiz

What trick does Huck play on Jim in this section?

• He takes Jim's sleeping bag and tries to make Jim believe that witches confiscated it.

• He tries to make Jim believe the events of the past evening were a dream.

• He pretends he's going to turn Jim in to the slave hunters and even goes as far as to invite them to dinner.

• Huck tells Jim that the slave hunters have stopped looking for him

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Why doesn't Huck turn in Jim?

• The slave hunters leave too quickly.

• He figures he won't get enough of the reward money.

• He and Jim have become friends; he couldn't "turn in" his friend.

• It was too much trouble.

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Why don't the slave hunters get Jim

• Huck and Jim out-ran them.

• Jim was too ill to go with them.

• The hunters get tired of waiting and left.

• The hunters were afraid they would catch "the disease Huck's father had."

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Explain the differences between Huck and the hunters.

• The hunters wanted to follow the law; Huck wanted to defy the law

• The hunters considered Jim as property; Huck considered Jim a friend.

• The hunters had Jim's best interest in mind; Huck didn't want to lose his traveling companion.

• The hunters were righteous; Huck was a sinner

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What is the bad luck in Chapter 16?

• Jim gets sick

• A steamboat ran over the raft

• Jim is captured

• Jim and Huck have an argument and split up.

How does Huck get to the Grangerford’s?

• He just ended up there after jumping off the raft.

• Jim had told him to look for the Grangerford's place.

• He heard some people talking about their place along the road and decided to look for it.

• All are correct

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Why did Twain include this adventure with the Grangerfords even though it doesn't really seem to have anything to do with the plot?

• Twain shows the foolish side of human nature

• Twain shows Huck's determination to set Jim free

• Twain shows the Grangerfords as a model family.

• Twain shows the Shepherdsons as a model family.

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