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WorksheetsThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Test
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 18hrs 30mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is a reason Huck would rather go to Hell?
a)
Miss Watson is going to heaven.
b)
He hates religion and the Bible.
c)
Any place is better than with Pap.
d)
Tom Sawyer wants him to go to heaven.
2.
Who is being described here?
He was most fifty, and he looked it. His hair was long and tangled and greasy, and hung down, and you could see his eyes shining through like he was behind vines. It was all black, no gray; so was his long, mixed-up whiskers. There warn’t no color in his face, where his face showed; it was white; not like another man’s white, but a white to make a body sick, a white to make a body’s flesh crawl—a tree-toad white, a fish-belly white. As for his clothes—just rags, that was all. He had one ankle resting on t’other knee; the boot on that foot was busted, and two of his toes stuck through, and he worked them now and then. His hat was laying on the floor—an old black slouch with the top caved in, like a lid.
He was most fifty, and he looked it. His hair was long and tangled and greasy, and hung down, and you could see his eyes shining through like he was behind vines. It was all black, no gray; so was his long, mixed-up whiskers. There warn’t no color in his face, where his face showed; it was white; not like another man’s white, but a white to make a body sick, a white to make a body’s flesh crawl—a tree-toad white, a fish-belly white. As for his clothes—just rags, that was all. He had one ankle resting on t’other knee; the boot on that foot was busted, and two of his toes stuck through, and he worked them now and then. His hat was laying on the floor—an old black slouch with the top caved in, like a lid.
a)
Jim
b)
Pap
c)
Judge Thatcher
d)
Widow Douglas' dead husband.
3.
What is true about Huck's escape?
a)
He makes seem as if he's dead, not runaway.
b)
He almost gets caught by the law.
c)
Jim helps him avoid Pap
d)
A storm knocks Pap unconscious so he can run.
4.
Which of the following do Jim and Huck have in common?
a)
Both are apart from their family.
b)
Both believe in superstition.
c)
Both are seeking their freedom.
d)
All of the above
5.
What do Huck and Jim find in the house that floats down the river?
a)
A salt cellar of meat
b)
Wanted posters for Jim
c)
A book about Dukes and Kings.
d)
A dead body.
6.
What is happening in this passage?
By and by I got the old split-bottom chair and clumb up as easy as I could, not to make any noise, and got down the gun. I slipped the ramrod down it to make sure it was loaded, then I laid it across the turnip barrel, pointing towards pap, and set down behind it to wait for him to stir. And how slow and still the time did drag along.
By and by I got the old split-bottom chair and clumb up as easy as I could, not to make any noise, and got down the gun. I slipped the ramrod down it to make sure it was loaded, then I laid it across the turnip barrel, pointing towards pap, and set down behind it to wait for him to stir. And how slow and still the time did drag along.
a)
He's reminding Pap to take his gun hunting.
b)
He's playing a trick on Pap.
c)
He's defending Pap from the law.
d)
He's defending himself; afraid Pap might kill him.
7.
Who is being described in the following quotation?
"She allowed she would sivilize me...she put me in them new clothes and I couldn't do nothing but feel all cramped up" (1).
"She allowed she would sivilize me...she put me in them new clothes and I couldn't do nothing but feel all cramped up" (1).
a)
Miss Watson
b)
Widow Douglas
c)
Mrs. Loftus
d)
Aunt Polly
8.
Where do Huck and Jim first encounter one another?
a)
Cairo, IL
b)
The Wilks Home
c)
On the Mississippi River
d)
Jackson Island
9.
True or False: Jim is running away because Miss Watson abuses him.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Which character cannot resist a good adventure?
a)
Tom
b)
Jim
c)
Huck
d)
Mary Jane
11.
What happens to the Duke and the King?
a)
They leave Huck alone after the Wilks family scam.
b)
They are publicly tarred and feathered.
c)
They stay with Huck the rest of the novel.
d)
They abandon Huck with the Grangerford family.
12.
Select the best definition of Satire.
a)
A style of writing that depicts life realistically.
b)
Claiming to have beliefs that you don't actually put into practice.
c)
Making fun of a person, idea or subject by making it appear foolish.
d)
Description of an event does not match with opinions of author.
13.
Who does Pap criticize at the beginning of the book?
a)
Tom Sawyer
b)
The Government
c)
Himself
d)
Huck's Teacher
14.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn satirizes...
a)
Racism/Slavery
b)
Religion
c)
Mob mentality
d)
All of the above
15.
Which event happens LAST in the novel?
a)
The Duke and Dauphin perform as the "Royal Nonesuch."
b)
Jim reveals his dark past with his daughter.
c)
Tom Sawyer plans an elaborate prison escape.
d)
We learn that Pap has been dead awhile.
16.
When does Huck feel guilty about lying to Jim?
a)
When he lies about them drifting apart for awhile.
b)
When he learns of Jim's daughter.
c)
When Tom tells him that Jim is free.
d)
When Jim is sold for $40.
17.
What is finally used to determine the imposters?
a)
tattoo
b)
handwriting
c)
lie detector
d)
a witness
18.
What did Huck tell the King when they are back on the raft?
a)
Get off the raft!
b)
He respected him.
c)
He thought they were dead.
d)
He is sorry they didn't get the money.
19.
What happens to Jim?
a)
He runs away without Huck.
b)
He finds his deaf daughter in town.
c)
He notifies the sheriff that Huck is alive?
d)
He is sold into slavery.
20.
The Author of this book is
a)
Ernest Hemingway
b)
Mark Twain
c)
Stephen King
d)
Charles Dickens
21.
Why did Huck want to go to school?
a)
to spite his pop
b)
to learn to read
c)
to make friends
d)
to get out of the house
22.
What is Huck's alias?
a)
Sarah Williams
b)
Mike
c)
Huckleberry Finn
d)
Mary Williams
23.
According to Tom Sawyer, why must Jim's escape be so elaborate?
a)
That is the way it is done in romance novels.
b)
To ensure success
c)
To fool the ignorant villagers
d)
To throw off suspicion
24.
The leader of Huck’s gang of friends is
a)
Huck himself
b)
Tom Sawyer
c)
Ben Rogers
d)
Sid Sawyer
25.
What does Huck do with his fortune?
a)
buries it
b)
"sells" it to Judhe Thatcher
c)
spends it
d)
gives it to Pap
26.
As a joke, what does Huck put in Jim’s blanket?
a)
dead snake
b)
live snake
c)
rat
d)
nest of baby spiders
27.
“Oh, my lordy, lordy! Raf? Dey ain’ no raf’ no mo’; she don’ broke loose en gone!—en here we is!” The speaker is
a)
Huck
b)
Harney Shepherdson
c)
Buck
d)
Jim
28.
Huck and Jim plan to get off the Mississippi when they reach
a)
Cairo
b)
St. Petersburg
c)
Cincinnati
d)
St. Louis
29.
Huck pretends that the raft is contaminated with
a)
measles
b)
tuberculosis
c)
smallpox
d)
malaria
30.
What does Buck have to explain to Huck?
a)
a family feud
b)
true love
c)
the Bill of Rights
d)
how to load a rifle
31.
At the Grangerfords, Huck almost forgets that his name is
a)
Tom Jones
b)
George Jackson
c)
Edward Smith
d)
Buck Grangerford
32.
“Oh, she was plumb deef and dumb . . . —en I’d ben a-treat’n her so!” Jim is talking about his
a)
wife
b)
daughter
c)
mother
d)
aunt
33.
The duke and king put on a show with a lot of quotations from
a)
Shakespeare
b)
the U.S. Constitution
c)
a book of French grammar
d)
the Bible
34.
At the town the Wilks live in, the king and the duke pretend to be
a)
police officers
b)
missionaries
c)
brothers of Peter Wilks
d)
escaped convicts
35.
Huck hides the gold
a)
at the bottom of a well
b)
in a cave
c)
in a coffin
d)
in a butter churn
36.
At the Wilks’ house, Huck is especially fond of
a)
Susan
b)
Joanna
c)
Mary Jane
d)
Mary Louise
37.
What almost makes Huck cry at the end of chapter 29 as he and Jim leave the town the Wilks live in?
a)
The duke and king are back.
b)
Jim is missing.
c)
He misses Pap.
d)
He is slicing onions.
38.
After he arrives at Phelps Farm, Huck decides to
a)
return Jim to Miss Watson
b)
turn Jim in to the authorities
c)
help Jim go free
d)
keep Jim as his own slave
39.
When he arrives at Phelps Farm, Huck finds himself playing the role of
a)
Tom Sawyer
b)
Sid Sawyer
c)
Buck Grangerford
d)
George Jackson
40.
How does Huck feel when he sees the duke and king tarred and feathered?
a)
angry
b)
happy
c)
sad
d)
jealous
41.
During the escape at Phelps’ farm, who gets shot?
a)
Huck
b)
Jim
c)
Tom
d)
no one
42.
After the escape at Phelps’ farm, Jim finds out that
a)
he is a free man
b)
his wife and children have been sold to New Orleans
c)
his family has escaped to the free states in the North
d)
he has inherited a lot of money
43.
T or F? One reason that Tom Sawyer helps “free” Jim is that he knows Jim is already free.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
Where does Huck hide the money he steals back for the girls?
a)
He hides it in the canoe
b)
He buries it outside
c)
He leaves it in Mary Jane's closet
d)
He places it in Peter Wilk's coffin.
45.
Joanne's nickname is _____________ because ______.
a)
Hairy Face; she has a mustache.
b)
Hare-lip; she has a mustache.
c)
Hare-lip; she has a cleft lip.
d)
Hairy Face; she looks like a male.
46.
Who are the Duke and Dauphin posing as?
a)
William and Harvey Wilks
b)
Peter and George Wilks
c)
William and George Wilks
d)
Alexander and Harvey Wilks
47.
Which of the following is NOT a way that Jim has been covered for in the novel?
a)
They dress Jim up as an Arab man.
b)
They print flyers saying that Jim is a captured run away
c)
Huck says Jim belongs to his family.
d)
Huck says Jim is sick and he's bringing him to a hospital
48.
Who do the King and Duke blame for stealing their money?
a)
Huck and Jim
b)
The Wilk's Slaves
c)
Mary Jane
d)
They do not know it's missing.
49.
After some trouble, what do Huck and Tom successfully do?
a)
teach Jim to read and write
b)
dig Jim out of his hut
c)
saw off Jim's leg
d)
bake a witch pie with a rope ladder inside
50.
Aunt Sally makes sure that Jim is comfortable and has plenty to eat.
a)
true
b)
false
51.
Why does Jim decide to go along with Huck and Tom’s plans?
a)
because they are white
b)
because he views Huck and Tom as his owners
c)
because he believes their plans will always work out best
d)
because he views Huck and Tom as the smartest people alive
52.
What overall comment does Tom make about Jim and the escape plan?
a)
He wishes he could keep doing this forever.
b)
He doesn't find the experience to be fun or entertaining.
c)
He only wants what is best for Jim.
d)
He can't wait for Jim to be free and with his family.
53.
Tom likes to do things "by the book."
a)
true
b)
false
54.
Why does Jim run away?
a)
He is framed with Huck's murder.
b)
He misses Huck.
c)
He accidentally got lost and didn't actually run away.
d)
He doesn't want the widow to sell him.
55.
When Huck is on his own in chapter 8, he says to himself, "I was boss of it; it all belonged to me," which BEST leads to which of the following themes?
a)
Being a boss of the world is the best feeling of all.
b)
Following society's rules can be rewarding.
c)
Being one with nature and experiencing life for oneself develops independence. He enjoys freedom.
d)
Being a rebel and running away is fun and will always give someone good results.
56.
Huck chooses not to hand Jim over to the slave hunters. What does this show?
a)
Jim has manipulated Huck into doing what he wants
b)
Huck rejects society's rules, and follows his own
c)
Huck is unwilling to sell another person's property
d)
Huck is a smart businessman who wants the reward for himself
57.
Where did Huck and Jim want to go on their journey?
a)
travel west and find gold
b)
take the underground railroad to Canada
c)
travel down the Mississippi River until they get to Aunt Sally's farm
d)
travel to Cairo, Illinois, then take a steamboat to free states
58.
When Huck realizes what the Duke and King are up to with the Wilk's inheritance, he says, "it was enough to make the body ashamed of the human race." What does this show?
a)
Huck is angry with the Wilks sisters for not figuring it out
b)
Huck thinks his own scam is better
c)
Huck is embarrassed to be associated with the King and Duke
d)
Huck thinks the girls deserve to be conned for being dumb
59.
Mark Twain's real name
a)
Foghorn Leghorn
b)
Samuel Longhorn Clemens
c)
Yosemite Sam
d)
Samuel Langhorn Clemens
60.
What does Tom do with the bullet from his leg?
a)
puts it in a glass case
b)
gives it to Jim
c)
loses it
d)
wears it around his neck
61.
What are the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons feuding over?
a)
No one knows anymore
b)
Who's dog is better
c)
Land boundaries
d)
Who has the best pie recipie
62.
Who does Huck write a letter to and why?
a)
Jim; he wants to say sorry for getting sold.
b)
Miss Watson; he regrets "stealing her property" (Jim).
c)
Tom Sawyer; he wants to tell him how much fun he's had.
d)
Pap; he wants to live with him again.
63.
How much do the King and Duke sell Jim for?
a)
$30
b)
$300
c)
$40
d)
$400
64.
Why does Tom make the plan to free Jim so complicated?
a)
He's ignorant and likes to follow books (no life experience).
b)
He's intelligent and knows that following the books is always right.
c)
He likes to play jokes on Huck.
d)
He's just following along with what Huck wants him to do.
65.
How many weeks does it take to free Jim?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
66.
According to the doctor, what did Jim risk to save Tom (Sid)?
a)
His family
b)
His freedom
c)
His good name
d)
Huck's safety
67.
Overall, has Huck changed from his childish, pranking ways and becomes mature; he breaks the cycle of being racist?
a)
Yes
b)
No
68.
What is Jim's fate?
a)
He's been shot in an attempt to run away.
b)
Miss Watson freed him in her will when she died, so he's "rich" because he's free.
c)
He adopts Huck and is his new father.
d)
He gets sent back to the Widow Douglas since Miss Watson died.
69.
At the end of chapter 23, we learn Jim's daughter is deaf and dumb, and Jim once hit her for not listening to him not knowing she couldn't hear him. Jim's reaction to this situation characterizes him as ______.
a)
human, remorseful, feelings a "white" would have.
b)
ignorant, stupid, typical "black" of the time period
c)
sad but still ignorant
d)
strict and heartless
70.
Which "test" is NOT a test to prove who the real brothers are?
a)
tattoo
b)
nick names
c)
signatures
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