Huckleberry Finn Quiz Chapters 34-43
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- 1.How does Tom propose to actually steal Jim from the hut in which Jim is held captive?
- A.
Dynamite the door
- B.
Steal the key from Nat
- C.
Slip Jim out the window
- D.
Dig under the wall of the hut
- 2.Which one of the items below is included in the "witch pie" made for Jim:
- A.
A pick
- B.
A rope ladder made from sheets
- C.
A large tub of butter
- D.
A disguise
- 3.Tom (Sid) makes Aunt Sally begin to doubt her senses when she attempts to get an accurate account of her:
- A.
Spoons
- B.
Teacups
- C.
Books
- D.
Dresses
- 4.Who helps Tom and Huck haul the grindstone into the hut for the inscriptions?
- A.
Nat
- B.
Uncle Silas
- C.
Jim
- D.
The Duke
- 5.Who was shot during the escape?
- A.
Jim
- B.
Tom Sawyer
- C.
Huck Finn
- D.
Uncle Silas
- 6.Toward the end of the novel, who shows up at the Phelps' farm?
- A.
Judge Thatcher
- B.
The King
- C.
Aunt Polly
- D.
Pap
- 7.What information does Jim share with Huck at the end of the novel?
- A.
That he knew he was free all along
- B.
That his own family is on the farm
- C.
That pap is dead
- D.
That he missed Cairo on purpose
- 8.How did Jim cease to be a slave (as opposed to a prisoner)?
- A.
Miss Watson freed him in her will
- B.
Mr. Robinson bought him and freed him
- C.
Silas bought him for 40$ and freed him
- D.
Missouri's law freed Jim automatically
- 9.How much money does Jim have at the end of the novel?
- A.
$800
- B.
$200
- C.
$40
- D.
$6,000
- 10.Huck's last fake identity in the novel is as
- A.
George Jackson
- B.
Mary Williams
- C.
Tom Sawyer
- D.
Adolphus
- 11.The failure of this post Civil War government program made it so that freed slaves were not free in practice:
- A.
Reconstruction
- B.
The New Deal
- C.
Klu Klux Clan
- D.
Appeasement
- 12.Meaning of the motto: "Maggiore fretta, minore, alto."
- A.
" a good learner is a good man"
- B.
"to the victor belongs the spoils"
- C.
"the more haste, the less speed"
- D.
" to learn, to lead, to serve"
- 13.Pitchiola is:
- A.
The name of Phelp's servant who waits on Jim
- B.
The largest of the rats
- C.
A tamed rattlesnake
- D.
The name of the proposed plant to be watered by tears
- 14.This character does not die in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:
- A.
Pap
- B.
Boggs
- C.
Miss Watson
- D.
Silas
- 15.What is not true about the "nonamous" note:
- A.
Cutthroats from "Ingeun territory want to steal your nigger"
- B.
They intend to poison the dogs
- C.
They are coming at midnight
- D.
The "unknown friend" will baaa like a sheep when they get in
- 16.Jim's outfit when he is captured while nursing Tom:
- A.
In Pap's clothes
- B.
Dressed as a Sick Arab
- C.
Silas' shirt
- D.
A yellow dress
- 17.Not a technique of Twain's:
- A.
Structural, episodic organization based on using the river as a key means of plot movement
- B.
Extensive use of disguise and deceit
- C.
Use of colloquial vocabulary and idiom
- D.
Charter returns back home but as a changed human
- 18.Tom's momento from his leg wound:
- A.
A purple heart from the doctor
- B.
Gangrene and amputation
- C.
A bullet necklace
- D.
A band in his honor
- 19.The Phelps' farm is in this state:
- A.
Arkansas
- B.
Illinois
- C.
Louisiana
- D.
Minnesota
- 20.At novel's end, please select the consideration that is true.
- A.
Twain wanted whites/readers to think of Jim as a good human being and father figure
- B.
Jim has $300 reward money from his own capture in his pocket
- C.
Jim would be a fugitive slave in the deep South
- D.
Jim is reunited with his family
- 21.Cause of "brain fever."
- A.
Duke and Dauphin's curse
- B.
Melting butter
- C.
Loss of Huck's $6,000
- D.
Eating sawdust
- 22.Plans to adopt "Huck" at novel's end:
- A.
Pap's girlfriend
- B.
Sophia Harney
- C.
Sally Phelps
- D.
Aunt Polly
- 23.Please respond to the quotation and what it tells us (who/what/when/why and speaker/addressee): "And I reckon they must a' been sperits - because you know our dogs, and ther' ain't no better; well, them dogs never even got on the track of 'm once! You explain that to me if you can- any of you!'
- 24.Please comment as before and identify speaker/addressee " But i reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest., because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and 'sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before." (Hint: underline key words so as to generate more thoughts.)
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