WorksheetsHuckleberry Finn part 2
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 3600secs
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1.
1. The two thieves get into their skiff (small boat), but then decide to go back. Why?
a)
To get the money from the other guy
b)
To get the gold
c)
To make sure there are no witnesses left
d)
To bury the treasure
2.
2. As Huck and Jim leave the boat, what is it that troubles Huck’s conscience?
a)
He knows why the thieves are leaving
b)
He thinks he knows where the treasure is
c)
He doesn't want to leave the gold
d)
He doesn't want the other guy to drown
3.
3. The man on the shore won’t go back to help those on the boat until Huck tells the man that on of the passengers is “Miss Hooker,” who has an “Uncle Hornback.” Why does this information get the man on the shore interested in helping?
a)
He is a wanted man.
b)
The man on the shore wants to make money out of helping
c)
He is afraid the ship will sink
d)
He can't swim
4.
4. They say that “Sollermun” was the wisest man of all, but Jim disagrees. Why?
a)
He had too many wives
b)
He should have asked for Gold
c)
He didn't speak English
d)
He married an Egyptian
5.
5. Jim feels that perhaps one reason “Sollermun” was not so wise has to do with the way he was raised. Explain.
a)
He didn't marry other Kings' daughters.
b)
He didn't ask God for Gold.
c)
He didn't conquer the world.
d)
He was willing to cut a kid in half.
6.
6. What happens that causes Huck and Jim to lose each other?
a)
They are chased out of town.
b)
They get lost in the fog
c)
Slave hunters get Jim.
d)
Pap catches Huck.
7.
7. What joke does Huck play on Jim?
a)
Huck puts itching powder in Jim's bed
b)
Huck cuts the bottoms off Jim's pockets
c)
Huck hides Jim's knife
d)
Huck puts a snake in Jim's bedding
8.
8. Why does Huck regret playing the joke on Jim?
a)
Jim leaves him
b)
Jim gets him back
c)
Jim gets bitten by a snake
d)
Jim almost drowns
9.
9. Describe the moral dilemma that Huck is in.
a)
Huck is confliced about turning in Jim as a runaway
b)
Huck is conflicted about faking his death
c)
Huck thinks leaving the Widow without word is bad
d)
Huck thinks he should send word to his father
10.
10. How does Huck trick the men into not checking the raft and finding Jim?
a)
He pays them off.
b)
Huck tells leads them to believe his family has smallpox.
c)
Huck shows them where other runaways are.
d)
Huck pretends to be lost.
11.
11. Huck and Jim now need a canoe instead of a raft. Why?
a)
The raft is known too well
b)
They can't get around the tree roots in the river
c)
The raft fell apart<br />
d)
The raft got stuck.<br />
12.
12. Huck once again finds himself without Jim. What is the cause this time?
a)
The raft almost got hit by a river boat.
b)
Bounty hunters came after them
c)
Pap found the raft
d)
Jim heard his family was near
13.
13. Describe the greeting Huck receives as he arrives at the Grangerford house.
a)
Huck is their cousin and they treat him as such.
b)
Huck has three guns pointed at him
c)
Huck is ignored until Jim shows up.
d)
Huck is treated like a servant.
14.
14. When Huck forgets the fake name he had given, what trick does he use to find out the name he had given?
a)
Huck plays the name game
b)
Huck as Buck to make up a song with his name
c)
Huck as Buck to spell his name
d)
Huck says he has amnesia
15.
15. Emmeline Grangerford is infatuated with _____.
a)
Death
b)
George Jaxon
c)
Samuel Clemons
d)
The word, "Alas"<br />
16.
16. Why is it that Buck’s explanation of a feud makes it sound like a very stupid thing?
a)
No one knows how it started
b)
It started over who was the best shot.
c)
It started over who was the best rider.
d)
It started over a plug of tobacco.
17.
17. At one point, Buck actually has something good to say about the Sheperdsons. Explain.
a)
They are not cowards.
b)
They make good moonshine
c)
They go to church.<br />
d)
They give to charity.
18.
18. Miss Sophia sends Huck back to church to get what?
a)
Her kerchief
b)
Her hat
c)
Her gloves
d)
Her testament
19.
19. How did Huck find out about Harney’s and Sophia’s elopement before all the others?
a)
Her overheard them
b)
He read Harney's note to Sophia
c)
He read Sophia's note to Harney
d)
Buck told Huck
20.
20. Why does the slave Jack take Huck down to the river to see water moccasins?
a)
To see watermoccasins
b)
To see Sophia and Harney
c)
To see Jim
d)
To see Buck's body
21.
What is the difference between good lies and bad lies? Are both kinds of lying wrong? What are the purposes of lying? Use examples from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 3 paragraphs or more required.
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