WorksheetsThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - ch36-38
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which statement is false?
Jim listens to Tom's plans.
Jim agrees to go along with Tom's plans.
Jim thinks Tom's plan makes good sense.
Tom assures Jim they will change the plans immediately if something goes wrong.
What do the boys begin smuggling?
"escape" tools
milk & cookies
bed sheets
books
money
Who notices that items are missing from her house?
Aunt Polly
Aunt Sally
Uncle Tom
Mary Jane
How do Tom and Huck confuse Aunt Sally?
continually take and replace sheets and spoons
make her forget how many items she had to start with
both of these
neither of these
Tom instructs Jim to make marks on these and throw them out the window.
tin plates
porcelain cups
copper spoons
silver knives
Tom continues to find new distractions for Jim's escape. Tom writes down some inscriptions for Jim to carve into the wall but then realizes the walls are ________.
plaster
straw
brick
wooden
To be done properly and according to the books, Tom says they must have stone. Which statement is true?
Tom tries to roll a marble stone into the cabin, but he is not strong enough.
Huck objects to Tom's farce.
Huck recalls seeing a suitable stone near the river and says he will fetch it.
Jim climbs out of the cabin and helps the boys roll the grindstone.
Despite Jim's protests, Tom decides that the cabin needs these other residents to make it a proper dungeon and Jim a proper prisoner.
an alligator
snakes
spiders
moths
cats
In Chapters 36 through 38, the novel slips further into the farce and is filled with irony.
Huck and Jim view Tom as a representative of society and education
Huck and Tom feel that Tom must know the best way for them to escape.
Neither Huck nor Jim understand why they must perform all of these ludicrous acts before Jim can escape.
all of these
none of these
Jim's continued enslavement ...
Is both absurd and grotesque.
Is a gentle observation of the racial condition of post-Civil War America.
Is necessary to protect Miss Watson.
all of these
none of these
Miss Watson has already set Jim free in her (a) , but the ability to transcend and change (b) is not as easily accomplished. Jim, therefore, (c) despite the fact that he has, indeed, been freed.
When was Huck Finn written?
Before the Civil War
During the Civil War
After the Civil War
The entire novel reflects Twain's own (a) . Although the (b) made some attempt at Southern reconstruction, the (c) quickly fell into (d) . Conditions for newly freed slaves were no doubt improved, but the longed-for freedom had not come with (e) , acceptance, or equality.
Vocabulary Matching
dog-fennel
escutcheon
jew's harp
mullein stalks
