| 1. With whom was Huck living at the beginning of the book? | -The Widow Douglas |
| 2. Who is the narrator of the book? | Huckleberry Finn |
| 3. What relation is Miss Watson to the Widow Douglas? | Sister |
| 4. Who takes care of Huck and Tom’s money? | Judge Thatcher. |
| 5. Who was waiting for Huck Finn after midnight? | Tom Sawyer |
| 6. To whom did Jim belong? | Miss Watson |
| 7. Who did Jim say gave him the ‘five-center piece’ he wore around his neck? | -The devil |
| 8. Who, among the robbers was called a cry-baby? | Little Tommy Barnes |
| 9. What were the two main purposes of the gang? | -Nothing, only robbery and murder |
| 10. Who was elected Second Captain over ‘Tom Sawyer’s Gang?’ | -Jo Harper |
| 11. Why did Huck get a good ‘going-over by the Widow?’ | – Because his new clothes were dirty |
| 12. How did Huck know that his ‘Pap’ wasn’t drowned? | -Because drowned men don’t float face down, only drowned women do |
| 13. Where did Jim get his hairball? | -From the fourth stomach of an ox |
| 14. What made Huck suspect Pap was back?- | He found his tracks in the snow |
| 15. Who is Pap? | -Huck’s father |
| 16. What did Pap trade his new coat for? | -A jug of forty-rod whiskey |
| 17. What did the judge reckon a body would need to reform Pap?- | A shotgun |
| 18. What did Pap get every time he got money?- | Drunk |
| 19. What object did Huck use to escape the cabin? | -An old saw without a handle |
| 20. Why does Pap not vote?- | He can’t support country where’d they let a free black man vote. |
| 21. For what did Huck dive in the water?- | A canoe |
| 22. What was Huck’s destination once he was in the canoe?- | Jackson Island |
| 23. Why was the ferry-boat firing the cannon? | -To make the body rise to the top. |
| 24. How long is Jackson Island?- | 3 miles |
| 25. What did Huck find on Jackson Island that made his “heart jump up amongst his lungs?”- | Ashes of a campfire that was still smoking |
| 26. Why was Jim afraid of Huck?- | He thought he was dead(a ghost). |
| 27. Why didn’t Huck believe that bees didn’t sting idiots?- | They’d never stung him. |
| 28. How wide was the island? | -1/4 mile |
| 29. What did Jim say that the little birds said?- | It was going to rain |
| 30. Were they right? – | Yes |
| 31. How did the man in the house die?- | Shot in the back |
| 32. What did Huck and Jim find sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat? – | 8 silver dollars |
| 33. After Jim got bit by the rattlesnake, what did he have Huck do with the rattles? – | Tie them to his wrist |
| 34. Why does Huck think that Jim got bit by the snake? – | Huck touched a snake-skin/ Huck put a dead snake in Jim’s sleeping bag |
| 35. What two objects did they find in the stomach of the catfish?- | Brass button, round ball (spool) |
| 36. Who is Sarah Williams? – | Huck Finn |
| 37. Where is Sarah from? – | Hookersville |
| 38. What three ways did Mrs. Loftus ascertain Sarah’s true gender?- | the way she threaded the needle The way she caught the lead lump in his lapThe way she threw the lead lump |
| 39. What is a tow-head? – | A sand bar that has cottonwoods as thick as harrow-teeth. |
| 40. What two items did Huck and Jim decide to NOT “borrow?” – | Crabapples and persimmons |
| 41. According to Huck Finn, how much do steamboat captains make per month? – | $60 |
| 42. What’s the name of the wreck? | -Walter Scott |
| 43. According to Huck Finn, how many wives did Solomon have? – | 1 million |
| 44. How many boxes of cigars did Huck and Jim get from the ferry-boat? | -3 |
| 45. How did Louis the XVI die? | -Decapitation |
| 46. Where did Huck lose the raft? | -In the fog |
| 47. What town were Huck and Jim looking for?- | Cairo |
| 48. Why was Huck miserable? | -He thought he should turn Jim in for being a runaway slave |
| 49. How did the raft get destroyed?- | Hit by a ferry-boat |
| 50. What was Huck’s pseudonym? – | George Jackson |
| 51. How did Huck find out his pseudonym after he’d forgotten it? – | Buck spelled it for him |
| 52. How did Stephen Dowling Bots Die?- | Fell down a well and drowned |
| 53. Who was Col. Grangerfords oldest son? | -Bob |
| 54. At what time was Miss Sophia supposed to have her rendezvous?- | Half-past two |
| 55. With whom did Sophia Grangerford run off with?- | Harney Shepherdson |
| 56. The two men said that they were really- | The duke of Bridgewater Dauphin, the king of France |
| 57. How much did the King make at the camp meeting?- | 87.75 |
| 58. What play are the duke and the king rehearsing? – | Romeo and Juliet |
| 59. What is the “most celebrated thing in Shakespeare”? – | Hamlet’s Soliloquy |
| 60. Who Killed Boggs? – | Colonel Sherburn |
| 61. Colonel Sherburn isays that the average man is a ____________. – | Coward |
| 62. How much did “them rapscallions” take in in three nights? – | $465.00 |
| 63. Why did Jim feel bad about hitting his daughter?- | She was deef and dumb. |
| 64. What was Peter Wilkes occupation while he was living?- | Tanner |
| 65. Who are Peter Wilkes’ three nieces? | -Mary Jane Susan Joanna |
| 66. Who was suspicious of huck at first? – | Joanna |
| 67. How much were the king and duke short of $6,000 in the basement? – | $415.00 |
| 68. Who told the girls the King was a fraud? | -The Doctor |
| 69. Where did Huck hide to eavesdrop on the king and duke? | -Behind the curtain |
| 70. Where did the King put the money? | -in the bedding |
| 71. Where did Huck stick the money? | -in the coffin with Uncle Peter |
| 72. Why was the dog howling in the basement during the funeral? | -He had a rat. |
| 73. To where was Mary Jane going for 4 days? | -Mr. Lothrop’s |
| 74. In what town did the duke and the king play the “Royal nonesuch”? – | Bricksville |
| 75. Who was the man with the broken arm? | -William Wilkes |
| 76. What did the king say was tattooed on Peter Wilkes breast? | -A thin blue arrow |
| 77. What did Harvey Wilkes say was tattooed on his brothers breast? – | P-B-W |
| 78. At whose house was Jim when Huck came back to the raft? – | Silas Phelps’s |
| 79. How much did the king get for Jim? | -$40 |
| 80. How much was the initial reward for Jim? | -$200 |
| 81. What is Silas’ wife’s name? – | Sally |
| 82. Who do Mr. and Mrs. Phelps think Huck is?- | Tom Sawyer |
| 83. Who was coming from town in a wagon? | -Tom Sawyer |
| 84. What did the stranger do to Aunt Sally that made her almost hit him? | -He kissed her |
| 85. What happened to the king and the duke? | -They were tarred and feathered and rode out of town on a rail. |
| 86. What two clues assured Tom and Huck that Jim was in the shed?- | the watermelon the key |
| 87. How many knives did Tom want Huck to “smouch”? | -3 |
| 88. What kind of pie did Tom tell Nat to make? | -Witch pie |
| 89. How many tallow candles did tom steal? | – 6 |
| 90. What does “Maggoire fretta, minore atto” mean? | -The more haste, the less speed |
| 91. What was Jim to get instead of a rattlesnake? – | Garter snakes with buttons tied on their tails. |
| 92. What did Tom and Huck see dripping from the rafters, landing on plates and down the back of your neck? | -garter snakes |
| 93. What did Tom and Huck do with the sawdust? | -Ate it |
| 94. What happened that alerted the farmers to Tom, Huck, and Jim’s presence? – | Tom’s clothes got snagged and he snapped a splinter getting off. |
| 95. Who went to get the doctor? | -Huck |
| 96. Why didn’t the dogs lead the farmers to Jim and the boys? | -The dogs were theirs |
| 97. How much did the doctor say a person like Jim was worth? | -$1,000.00 |
| 98. How much money was waiting for Huck back home? – | $6,000 and then some |
| 99. When Huck goes back to the church to retrieve Sophia’s hymnal, he discovers… | her bible with a note in it saying to meet at 230 |
| 100. When Huck forgets that he called himself George Jackson, he remembers it by | having buck spell it for him |
| 101. Colonel Sherburn is best known in the novel for…. | shooting boggs and then calling everyone a coward |
| 102. On the third night of the Nonesuch, the crowd brings…. | dead cats and rotten tomatoes to throw at them |
| 103. To where is Huck headed at the end of the novel? | the west |
| 104. Name three things that Twain is satirizing in the novel | slavery, stupid people, Shakespeare, American aristocracy, romantic literature |
| 105. Name three instance when Twain uses humor effectively. | the story about Solomon, the french speaking people that confused Jim and when Huck dresses like a girl? |
| 106. The escaped Jim first meets Huck on…… | Jackson island |
| 107. After the first show by the King and the Duke, the townspeople encourage everyone to go because…. | they got swindled so they want everyone on an even playing field. they did not want to be the only ones swindled |
Huck Finn study guide
June 4, 2020