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WorksheetsHuckleberry Finn Test
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In what viewpoint is the novel written?
a)
third person limited
b)
third person omniscient
c)
first person
2.
Who adopts Huck?
a)
Aunt Polly
b)
Judge Thatcher
c)
Miss Watson
d)
Widow Douglas
3.
Why doesn't Huck want to go the "good place"?
a)
He doesn't want to be there with Miss Watson
b)
He is worried Tom Sawyer will be there
c)
He knows his mom is there
d)
He has no desire to do what is right.
4.
What is the "business" of the Tom Sawyer gang?
a)
to protect orphans and widows
b)
to rob, pillage, and murder
c)
to find hidden gold
d)
to find runaway slaves
5.
What mystic thing does Jim have that can tell the future?
a)
an old snakeskin
b)
magic 8 ball
c)
hairball from the stomach of an ox
d)
magic coin he wears around his neck
6.
How did Huck know his father had returned?
a)
He saw him at church
b)
He saw him passed out outside the saloon
c)
He saw his footprint
d)
Jim told him
7.
What does Huck find that will aid in his escape from Pap?
a)
Bible
b)
key
c)
rope
d)
canoe
8.
Where does Huck first hide out after escaping from Pap?
a)
Tom Sawyer's house
b)
robber's cave
c)
Jackson's Island
d)
school
9.
Why did Jim run away?
a)
He wanted to become free and was headed to the North
b)
He was looking for his wife and kids
c)
He was looking for Huck
d)
Miss Watson was going to sell him South
10.
What does the river symbolize?
a)
Freedom
b)
the road to adulthood
c)
spiritual cleansing (baptism)
d)
deception
11.
What disguise does Huck wear when he goes into town?
a)
slave
b)
Pap
c)
girl
d)
Tom Sawyer
12.
Who do people think killed Huck?
a)
Pap
b)
Ben Rogers
c)
Jim
d)
some Pap, some Jim
13.
Why is Mrs. Judith Loftus's husband gone (lady Huck meets in disguise)?
a)
He went drinking
b)
to find Jim and make some money
c)
planting the fields
d)
to church
14.
How much was the reward for Jim?
a)
100 dollars
b)
200 dollars
c)
300 dollars
d)
400 dollars
15.
What was the name of the wrecked steamboat Huck and Jim boarded?
a)
Walter Scott
b)
John Smith
c)
Samuel Clemens
d)
Mary Williams
16.
What do Huck and Jim discover on the wrecked steamship?
a)
gold
b)
dead man
c)
robbers trying to kill each other
d)
family with small pox
17.
Where are Jim and Huck headed?
a)
Baton Rouge
b)
Little Rock
c)
St. Petersburg
d)
Cairo
18.
What name does Huck give the Grangerfords?
a)
Mary Williams
b)
Peter Hooker
c)
George Jackson
d)
Buck
19.
With what family are the Grangerfords feuding?
a)
Shepherdsons
b)
Sherburns
c)
Boggs
d)
Wilks
20.
According to the son of the Grangerfords, when will the feud end?
a)
When his sister marries the son of the feuding family
b)
when everyone is dead
c)
when the other family apologizes
d)
when the Civil War ends
21.
Who finally tells Huck that Pap is dead?
a)
Jim
b)
Judge Thatcher
c)
Tom Sawyer
d)
Widow Douglas
22.
What is a "stretcher"?
a)
a white lie
b)
a cot for carrying someone
c)
a rubber band
d)
a pair of super tight jeggings
23.
To what does "Mark Twain" refer?
a)
¿Por qué no los dos?"
b)
Measuring the depth of the river
c)
Expert marksmanship
d)
The second book of the Bible
24.
What do the King and Duke do two days after Peter Wilks's funeral?
a)
steal the money and run away
b)
perform scenes from Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet
c)
put up the property and slaves for sale
d)
go to church
25.
For what reason is Peter Wilks's body to be exhumed?
a)
to find the money
b)
to check out his tattoo
c)
to take a blood sample to prove kinship
d)
he wasn't really dead; he took a potion to make him look dead
26.
Why did Jim feel bad about hitting his daughter?
a)
He was a slave, so he knew what it felt like to be hit
b)
she was deaf and dumb
c)
he was acting like a white person
d)
he had promised never to hit out of anger
27.
True or False? When Huck is walking to the Phelps home, he sees Tom Sawyer
a)
True
b)
False
28.
Which one is NOT one of Peter Wilks's nieces?
a)
Mary Jane
b)
Susan
c)
Sarah
d)
Joanna
29.
Who told the girls the King was a fraud?
a)
lawyer
b)
doctor
c)
minister
d)
Huck
30.
What is Silas Phelps's wife's name?
a)
Polly
b)
Sally
c)
Mary
d)
Rebecca
31.
Huck allows Aunt Sally to believe that he is Tom and that Tom is Sid.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
What did Tom and Huck see dripping from the rafters, landing on plates and down the back of necks?
a)
watermelons
b)
water
c)
snakes
d)
whiskey
33.
Huck's testimony against Duke and King helps the townspeople decide to tar and feather them.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Where is Jim finally found (at the Phelps's place)?
a)
shed
b)
raft
c)
inside the coffin
d)
at the home of his wife
35.
What year was Huckleberry Finn published?
a)
1855
b)
1867
c)
1873
d)
1884
36.
Which is not a characteristic of regionalism?
a)
local color
b)
emphasis on a specific region
c)
realistic
d)
flowery description
37.
What trick seems to be a turning point in the relationship between Huck and Jim?
a)
taking his hat and hanging it on a branch
b)
putting a snakeskin in his bed
c)
telling him the fog and losing Huck was a dream
d)
dressing him up as a sick Arab
38.
At the end of the novel, what do we find out about Jim?
a)
He's actually a free man.
b)
He killed Pap.
c)
He is really Huck's father.
d)
His lied about his reason for leaving; he was trying to get the reward for finding Hucks' killer.
39.
What do we know about Huckleberry Finn from the way he talks?
a)
He is young and uneducated.
b)
He is very religious.
c)
He is very educated.
40.
What is the main difference between Huck and Tom?
a)
Huck is irresponsible; Tom is dependable
b)
Huck is practical; Tom is a dreamer
c)
Huck doesn't live with his mom; Tom does
d)
none of the above
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