Huck Finn Chapters 20-30 Quiz – Flashcards
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how do the townspeople describe Boggs? What happens to Boggs?
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Sad, town drunk people think he's funny and he's harmless. Says he's going to kill but he doesn't Colonel Sherburn shoots him crowd goes to lynch the colonel
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What does Colonel Sherburn say about the average man?
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a coward; he's a coward. lets people walk all over him--the north
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the business with the drunk who turns out to be a trick rider, fools the crowd at first. In the end who is the only one that Huck thinks has been fooled?
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the ring master
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after their first show fails, the duke plans a second show why does he think last line on the playbill will really draw the crowd?
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ladies and children not admitted--it's exciting, scandal, filth
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Why does the crowd that attends the Royal Nonesuch show tell everyone else in town that it is a good show?
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so they are not the only ones that look stupid for spending money on the show embarrassed for being ripped offf mob mentality
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Huck tells Jim about kings and gets some of his facts straight, but others are totally wrong. What one opinion of Huck's, and probably Twain's, comes across clearly?
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all kings are rapscallions overuse power entitled deceitful
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Why is Huck surprised that Jim carse so much or his children?
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he can care as much as a white person
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What story does Jim tell that is filled with sentimentality and sadness?
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beats his daughter for not shutting the door, but she's deaf and mute. Doesn't realize until it's too late
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Where does the king get all his information about the Wilks fmaily?
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acts as though he will ferry a young country boy to the steam boat--pretends he's a Rev
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Huck concludes this chapter by saying: "It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race." To what is he referring?
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dauphin pretends to be deaf--fakes sign language--faking as if he is william trickery and acting pretending to be sad
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To what is Huck referring to when he states, "I never see anything so disgusting."?
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The duke and king crying over Mr. Wilk's coffin milking sympathy doesn't like to deceive
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explain how the king and duke scam the Wilk's family and friends?
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Have everyone eat with them, then they hear the will - 3,000 to the girls, 3,000 to the two brothers, find it in cellar, put in 415 of their own money to make up for missing cash, give it to the girls, Mary Jane gives it all to the dauphin and tells him to invest it
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Who challenges all this nonsense?
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doc robinson
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how does the king try to cover his mistaken use of the word orgies
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by saying they use ut in England and it's new include greek origin
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Why does huck start start to feel remorse about this hoax in which he has become involved?
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he has to lie and the girls were nice and defending him and he didn't want the kings to steal from them desires for someone to be on his side
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despite the doctor nearly spoiling the plan, the king is still confident. Why
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they have all the idiots in the town on their side
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what would you suppose is Twain's opinion of the human race at the time he wrote these passages?
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regards the majority of humanity as liars, cheats, and ignorant, stupid, except kids, women and Jim
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where does huck the bag of gold
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Pete Wilk's coffin
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who do the king and duke believe has taken the gold
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the family slaves--initially blame each other
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why does Huck tell Mary Jane the truth
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because he cannot bear to see her hurting (especially when she finds out the slave family has been separated) huck uses this time to show humanity
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Find a quotation from this chapter that displays either Huck's increasing maturity, understanding of morality, or his keen observations. Copy the quote exactly and include the page number.
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truth is better and safe than a lie
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why were the real harvey and william wilks delayed?
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will broke his arm baggage was put in a different town
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at the end of this chapter why is huck elated, then depressed?
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He's free again but then the duke and king row out to Huck and Jim's raft
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What is Huck's reaction when he learns that king and duke sold Jim for $40?
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he's justifiably angry after all that they've done for them
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why does the king confess that he is the one who stole the gold and put it in the coffin?
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the king is being choked by the duke
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what single incident proves the king and duke are just as dumb as the townspeople?
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both genuinely believe they would have made enough money from the royal nonesuch anyway
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