| Chapters 1-3:Identify: Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, Jim, Miss Watson, and Widow Douglas. | Huck Finn is an adventure and the main character. Tim Sawyer is a risk taker and Huck’s friend.Jim is Miss Watson’s slave who ran away.Miss Watson is the care taker of Huck.and Widow Douglas is also the care taker of Huck. |
| Why doesn’t Huck get along with Miss Watson and Widow Douglas? | Because they make him do things he doesn’t want to do. |
| What does Huck think about religion– specifically the good place, the bad place and prayer? | Huck thinks the good place is boring and he wants to go to the bad place because he thinks that’s were Jim is going. |
| Give at least two examples of superstition in this section of the novel. | The magic hairball.Jim says he is surrounded by witches. |
| Contrast Huck and Tom. What are their main differences? | Huck isn’t a go getter.Tom is a go getter. |
| Chapters 4-7:Why did Huck give his money to Judge Thatcher? | So that his Pap couldn’t try and take it away from him. |
| Describe Pap Fin. What kind of person is he? | He is mean and he beats Huck. He is always drunk and he is rude and tries to take away Huck’s money. |
| What is Huck’s attitude towards his father? | He doesn’t like him so he runs away because he doesn’t want to be with him. |
| Why does Pap yell at Huck for becoming civilized? Is he right? | Because he doesn’t want Huck to be better than him. Yes he is right. |
| What was Huck’s plan of escape from his father? | He was gunna make it looked like the place was robbed and that they killed Huck. |
| How do you know that material things don’t matter to Huck? | It didn’t bother him when. He was throwing Pap’s things everywhere. |
| Chapters 8-1:What purpose(s) does Huck’s death severed? | To get away from his dad. |
| How does Huck meet Jim on Jackson’s Island? Why is Jim there? | Huck runs into him after he gets off his raft. Jim is there because he is a runaway slave. |
| What is in the two story house that floats by? | A dead body and useful items that Jim and Huck could use. |
| Give three examples of Man vs. Society in this section. | Huck not liking society.Jim not liking slavery.Pap’s attitude with society. |
| How are the townspeople superstitious? Jim? Huck? Give examples. | … |
| Compare/contrast Huck and Jim. | … |
| Why does Huck dress as a girl to go ashore? Why does he go? What does he find out? | … |
| How do you know Huck and Jim are friends by the end of Chapter XI? | … |
| Chapters 12-14:Why do Huck and Jim begin their journey down the Mississippi? | … |
| Why do Huck and Jim board the Walter Scott? | … |
| Why does Huck want to save Jim Turner? | … |
| How does Huck send help to the Walter Scott? | … |
| What do we learn about Jim from him talking about “king Sollermun”? | … |
| Chapters 15-18:What trick does Huck play on Jim? | … |
| Why doesn’t Huck turn in Jim? | … |
| Why don’t the slave hunters get Jim? | … |
| Explain the differences between Huck and the hunters. | … |
| What is the bad luck in Chapter 16? | … |
| How does Huck get to the Grangerfords? | … |
| Why did Twain include this adventure with the Grangerfords? | … |
| Chapters 19-25:How did Jim and Huck meet the king and duke? | … |
| Does Huck believe their story? | … |
| Give two examples of the “cleverness” of the king and duke. | … |
| Why did the people return to the show? | … |
| what’s the point of the incident of the shooting of Boggs? | … |
| Why do we hear about Jim’s daughter “Lizabeth”? | … |
| Where did the king and the duke get their plan about being the Wilks brothers? | … |
| Chapters 26-31:How do the king and duke get the money? | … |
| Why does Huck steal the money from the mattress? | … |
| Why doesn’t Huck conscience bother him when he lies so much? | … |
| What things give away the king and duke? | … |
| Why is Huck upset when Jim is sold? | … |
| Why is it important that Huck says, “All right then, I’ll go to hell.”? | … |
| Chapters 32-39:Why does Huck assume Tom Sawyer’s identity? | … |
| What happens when Tom appears on the scene? | … |
| What’s the difference between Tom’s plan for freeing Jim and Huck’s? | … |
| How does Huck change when Tom comes? | … |
| Tom’s plan is actually cruel. Why? | … |
| What more do we learn about Tom in these chapters? | … |
| Chapters 40-43:How does Huck appear to be superior to Tom? | … |
| What happens to Jim? | … |
| What happens to Tom? | … |
Huckleberry Finn Study Guide Questions
June 5, 2020