Huckleberry Finn Comprehension Quiz

Who does Huck overhear on the broken riverboat?

• His dad

• Robbers and murderers

• Men searching for Jim

• A stranded family

Huck and Jim argue about which of the following topics?

• King Solomon and how French people talk

• Captain Ahab and how horses walk

• The Duke of Earl and why babies cry

• President Lincoln and how slaves escape

What does Huck say to fool the slave hunters near Cairo?

• Jim is on the raft with a gun

• A girl is on the raft and her father will kill anyone who looks at her

• His dad is on the raft and he has a terrible disease

• The dog on the raft bites

After the raft crashes, Huck ends up with the Grangerford family. What is something odd about this family?

• They are all artists

• They are in a feud with another family

• They never speak to strangers

• They live on a boat

The slave who works for Huck at the Grangerford house tells Huck to come see what?

• A giant hole in the ground

• A dead horse

• A bunch of snakes

• A pretty girl

1. Colonel Sherburn claims he will put up with Boggs insults

• 1. If he apologizes afterward

• 1. Until 1:00 only

• 1. If he gives him a chaw of tobacco

• 1. After he wakes up from his nap