The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

What book does Huck Finn tell the reader he was also in?

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

• Huck Finn: Adventurer Extraordinaire

• Pudd'nhead Wilson

• Great Expectations

Why does Huck Finn return to the Widow Douglas after running away in Chapter 1?

• He is captured by the sheriff.

• He decides it was wrong to run away.

• He wants to join Tom Sawyer's band of robbers.

• Jim needs his help.

How does Huck come into his money?

• He stole it from a traveling salesman

• He and Tom Sawyer discovered a stash left by robbers.

• He inherited it from his mom.

• He and Tom Sawyer won it in the lottery.

Why does Huck lose interest in the story of Moses?

• He gets bored by the 40 years of wandering.

• He realizes that it's from the Bible.

• He realizes that Moses is dead.

• He only wants to read about pirates.

Why is Huck upset after burning the spider?

• It was his pet spider.

• He burned his hand as well.

• He feels guilty for hurting a living thing.

• He's afraid it will bring him bad luck.

Why does Jim wear the 5-cent piece around his neck?

• It's the most money he's ever had.

• He says it's a charm from the devil that can cure illness.

• He doesn't want to lose it.

• He thinks it was given to him by an angel.

Why does the rest of Tom's gang object to Huck joining?

• He has no family, aside from a drunken father.

• He is older than the other boys.

• They think he smells funny.

• He messes up the words when taking the oath.

Why does Huck decide to abandon prayer?

• He decides there's no benefit in it.

• The Widow Douglas becomes deathly ill.

• Tom makes fun of him for believing in superstition.

• He decides that it's too much work.

What rumor circulates about Huck's father?

• That he's returned to collect Huck's money

• That he's been found dead in the river

• That he has remarried and moved out West

• That he's not actually Huck's father

Why do the boys decide to drop out of Tom's gang?

• Tom becomes pushy and arrogant.

• They decide it's too dangerous.

• Huck is arrested in one of their raids.

• They never actually rob or kidnap anyone.