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WorksheetsHuck Finn Test
Total questions: 67
Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins
What is a “stretcher?”
A lie
An exercise
Huck’s name for a trick
Tom’s gang
What do we know about Huck from the way he speaks and the dialogue that he uses?
He is poor
He is uneducated
He is Southern
All of the above
What does Huck’s reaction to Tom playing a trick on Jim tell us about his character?
He is a mean-spirited kid
He has a conscience
He is a whiner
None of the above
Why does Huck “sell” his fortune to Judge Thatcher?
Widow Douglass wants it
He wants to be free from worldly treasure
He doesn’t want Pap to get it
He doesn’t want Tom to get it
Why does Huck kill a pig?
To eat bacon
To fake his own death
To scare Pap into sobering up
None of the above
How do Huck’s superstition and Jim’s superstition differ?
Huck is sincere, Jim is uneducated
Jim views it as a religion, Huck just doesn’t want bad luck
Jim is not superstitious
Huck is not superstitious
What is Huck’s attitude toward Jim when he first meets him on Jacksons Island?
He views him as his friend
He views him as his enemy
He views him as a child
He views him as a slave
Why is Huck’s reaction to Jim’s snakebite significant?
Huck apologizes to a slave
Huck is angry
Huck avoids taking responsibility
None of the above
How does Mrs. Loftus know Huck is not a girl?
He catches like a boy
He almost hits a rat with a chunk of lead
He threads a needle wrong
All of the above
Huck insists on boarding the Walter Scott, even though Jim doesn’t want to, so that he can save the murderers.
True
False
Why is Jim so hurt by Huck’s prank in the fog?
Someone could have gotten hurt
Jim fell in the water
Jim says it is bad luck to play tricks
He was worried about Huck
What Shakespeare play is the Shepherdson and Grangerford situation alluding to?
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
Twelfth Night
Why is Twain deliberately vague about who is to blame for the Shepherdson and Grangerford feud?
It doesn’t matter
Twain wants the reader to focus on the violence
Twain wants to call the readers attention to how both families are partly to blame
All of the above
Why is the topic of the Sunday sermon (during the Grangerford chapters) satirical (humorous to prove a point about something)?
The preacher is speaking about brotherly love; they have guns in church
The families love the sermon and talk about it the whole way home
Both A and B
Neither A nor B
How are the conmen characterized (described)?
By their creative lies
By their possessions
By their speech
All of the above
How are the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons characterized (described)?
By their possessions
By their speech
By their creative lies
All of the above
What is Huck’s version of perfect freedom?
In the woods
Drifting down the river
On Jacksons Island
In St. Petersburg
Why does Twain shift the point of view to Sherburn?
Sherburn scares Huck
Sherburn is a symbol of a bad temper
Twain wants to voice his views about mob mentality
It shows how Huck lies to himself
What is the name of the con men’s theater show?
The Royal Nonesuch
Titus Andronicus
Tom Sawyer’s gang
The Sick Arab
How do the conmen lure people into their show?
They post an ad in the paper
They advertise no women and children allowed
They bribe the townspeople
They claim to be the brothers of Peter Wilkes
What metaphor does Huck use to refer to his conscience?
His fever
His stomach pains
His frustration
None of the above
What does Miss Sophie do?
Runs off with a Shepherdson
Runs off with a Grangerford
Becomes a nun
Runs off to teach English to Sophomores at Marian
Huck experiences the ugliest aspects of society while on land, but finds peace on the Mississippi river.
True
False
Which of the following does Jim do for Huck because he cares about him:
Smacks him
Doesn’t wake him up for his shift to keep watch
Runs away
Dresses up like a girl
Why is Huck disgusted by the tearful scene at the Wilks?
It is a scene of insincere mourning
The conmen are taking advantage of the orphans of a dead man
Both A and B
None of the above
How does Huck convince the men not to search the raft?
He says there is Smallpox on board
He says the raft is leaking
He says Jim is a sick Arab
None of the above
What bothers Huck about Tom’s offer to help him free Jim?
Tom is irresponsible
Tom agrees to help without thinking about it
Tom wants to do an elaborate plan
None of the above
Huck says that he is aware that the con men are liars. Why does he play along?
He likes them
He needs the help with the raft
He knows the conmen know that he is lying about Jim. It is a standoff.
He knows the conmen know that he is lying about being a runaway.
Tom is obsessed with making Jim’s escape like the novels he has read. What does this tell us about Tom?
He is naïve
He is foolish
He doesn’t view Jim as a human being
All of the above
Why is it ironic that Huck and Tom bring Jim a grindstone?
They have to buy a grindstone
They have to unlock Jim to have him help them put it in there
Jim can’t write
B and C
What do Huck and Tom put in the witch pie?
A spoon for Jim to dig his way out
A rope ladder
A pencil to scribble the days down
A rat to be his friend
What major event happens when Huck and Tom help Jim escape?
Tom is shot in the leg
Jim is shot in the leg
Huck is almost drowned
Tom is almost drowned
What does Tom actually give Jim to make it up to him after Jim learns he was already free?
A parade
A book
His family
40 dollars
Where does Huck declare he will go for Jim?
Hell
New Orleans
New York
Cairo
After Huck’s supposed murder, the reward for Pap is ________, while the reward for Jim is ______.
300, 200
200, 300
300, 500
500, 300
Why do Huck and Jim miss Cairo?
They are arguing and miss it
They want to head south
The con men won’t let them get off the raft
They are lost in the fog
Who is Tom Sawyer’s uncle?
Judge Thatcher
Peter Wilkes
The Dauphin
Silas Phelps
What ultimately happens to the con men?
They are tarred and feathered
They escape the mob
They die in a Steamboat accident
They rob a bakery
Who is Tom’s guardian?
Aunt Polly
Aunt Sally
Widow Douglass
Aunt Betty
Who is Huck’s foster parent at the beginning of the novel?
Aunt Polly
Aunt Sally
Widow Douglass
Miss Watson
Who is Jim’s guardian/owner?
Aunt Polly
Aunt Sally
Widow Douglass
Miss Watson
Who offers to adopt Huck at the conclusion of the novel?
Aunt Polly
Aunt Sally
Widow Douglass
Aunt Betty
What disturbs Huck when he sees the slaves sold off of the Wilkes property?
They are sold further South
The have the money
The families are split up
The king stole from the man who purchased them
Why is Mary Jane crying while she packs her trunk for England?
She doesn’t want to go
She feels bad for the slaves
She knows the duke and king stole from them
She’s just emotional
Where does Huck go at the conclusion of the novel?
North
South
East
West
Why is chapter 8 titled “Sparing Ms. Watson’s Jim”?
Huck doesn’t turn in Jim
Huck saves Jim’s life with the snake bite
Huck doesn’t kill Jim
None of the above
“So I reckoned I wouldn’t bother no more about it, but after this always do whichever come handiest at the time” (85).
The above quote demonstrates:
Huck doesn’t feel bad Jim was bitten by a snake
Huck doesn’t care about Jim
Huck is in a moral crisis over setting Jim free
Huck misses Pap and wants to head back home
“Soon as it was night out we shoved; when we got her out to about the middle we let her alone, and let her float wherever the current wanted her to; then we lit the pipes, and dangled our legs in the water, and talked about all kinds of things—we was always naked, day and night, whenever the mosquitoes would let us—the new clothes Buck's folks made for me was too good to be comfortable, and besides I didn't go much on clothes, no how” (109).
Why is the above quote significant?
It demonstrates Jim’s new found freedom
It portrays Huck’s perfect freedom
It shows how Huck is struggling with his conscience
None of the above
“I ain’t going to tell all that happened—it would make me sick again if I was to do that” (106).
The above quote is in reference to:
Buck’s murder
Pap’s abuse
Jim slapping Elizabeth
None of the above
“I ain’t going to tell all that happened—it would make me sick again if I was to do that” (106).
Why is the above quote significant?
It shows how sometimes things are too painful to describe
It shows how Huck doesn’t care about violence
It shows that the con men are bad people
None of the above
“And then he busted into tears, and so did everybody. Then somebody sings out, ‘Take up a collection for him, take up a collection!’ Well, a half a dozen made a jump to do it, but somebody sings out, ‘Let him pass the hat around!’ Then everybody said it, the preacher too.
So the king went all through the crowd with his hat swabbing his eyes, and blessing the people and praising them and thanking them for being so good to the poor pirates away off there; and every little while the prettiest kind of girls, with the tears running down their cheeks, would up and ask him would he let them kiss him for to remember him by” (121).
In the above quote, Twain is commenting on:
The insincerity of the con men
The dramatic scenes in Southern churches
How easy it is to exploit those attempting to good
All of the above
“But a mob without any man at the head of it is beneath pitifulness. Now the thing for you to do is to droop your tails and go home and crawl in a hole. If any real lynching's going to be done it will be done in the dark, Southern fashion; and when they come they'll bring their masks, and fetch a man along. Now leave—and take your half-a-man with you" (134).
What is the “Southern fashion” of lynching referring to?
The way the Southerners tie knots in hanging ropes
The Southern trials by jury
The KKK
None of the above
“But a mob without any man at the head of it is beneath pitifulness. Now the thing for you to do is to droop your tails and go home and crawl in a hole. If any real lynching's going to be done it will be done in the dark, Southern fashion; and when they come they'll bring their masks, and fetch a man along. Now leave—and take your half-a-man with you" (134).
Why does Sherburn say that there is not a “man” among them?
They don’t really want to lynch him, they are just following each other
They are afraid of Sherburn
They want to kill Boggs
They want to tar and feather the con men
“When I waked up just at daybreak he was sitting there with his head down betwixt his knees, moaning and mourning to himself. I didn't take notice nor let on. I knowed what it was about. He was thinking about his wife and his children, away up yonder, and he was low and homesick; because he hadn't ever been away from home before in his life; and I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks does for their'n” (142).
What is this quote the best example of:
Huck’s superstition
Huck’s growing sense of maturity
Huck’s realization Jim is human
Huck’s realization he wants to go west
Huck quits Tom Sawyer’s gang at the beginning of the novel because they don’t do what they promised they would.
True
False
Jim believes that Solomon is not the wisest man that ever lived because he had so many wives and didn’t value children.
True
False
When the con men go into the cellar to bring up the money from Peter Wilkes’ will, they realize that it is short and add their own money to make up the difference.
True
False
Jim and Huck debate how the stars were formed as they drift down the river.
True
False
Pap spends the 6,000 dollars of Huck’s fortune by drinking.
True
False
Judge Thatcher and Widow Douglass do their best to fight for Huck’s custody, but Pap wins anyways because the Judge is new in town.
True
False
The new Judge in town never regrets giving Pap custody.
True
False
Tom bakes a lock and key into the witch pie.
True
False
Bricksville is a beautiful town when you look at it from a distance, but when you get closer you see how much mud there is.
True
False
Huck says Jim must be white inside because he smacked Elizabeth.
True
False
Tom works so hard to set Jim free because Huck is his best friend.
True
False
Tom thinks Huck is a ghost when he first sees him on the Phelps’ farm.
True
False
Short Answer Question: What is Twain’s view on slavery? How and where do we see this in the story? (Please answer this in the format of a body paragraph, including two examples from the story for your supports).
