Huckleberry Finn Study Guide/BoardGame Questions and Answers – Flashcards
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What did the slaves do before they went to bed at night?
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They came into the house for prayers.
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Who gave the catcall after midnight?
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Tom Sawyer was calling for Huck.
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In the beginning of the story, where does Tom take Huck and the gang?
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Tom takes Huck and the gang to the cave through the hole that he had discovered earlier.
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What does Jim think has happened when he finds his hat hanging in the tree?
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Jim thinks that he has been ridden around the world by witches.
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When Tom's gang tries to rob the rich "Spaniards" and "A-rabs," who do they actually rob?
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The gang tries to rob a Sunday school picnic. To their humiliation, it is a primer class filled with very young children.
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Where does Tom get his ideas for robbing and killing people?
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He gets them from the books he reads. One of those books is Don Quixote
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If anyone reveals the secrets of the gang, the boy and his family must be killed. Whom does Huck offer as his family to be killed?
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Huck offers Miss Watson because he would rather give her up than anyone else.
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Whose slave is Jim?
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Jim is Miss Watson's slave.
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Who are Joe Harper and Ben Rogers?
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Joe Harper and Ben Rogers are boys in Tom Sawyer's gang
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Why is Huck in a big hurry to give Judge Thatcher his money?
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He feels that if he gets rid of his six thousand dollars, Pap will leave him alone.
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What does Judge Thatcher give Huck in exchange for the six thousand dollars?
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He gives him one dollar. In this way Huck has sold it rather than given it away
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What does the duke do so that Jim does not need to be tied up in the wigwam all day?
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The duke paints his face and other parts of his body blue so he will look like a sick Arab rather than a runaway slave
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What are the names of the three Wilks sisters?
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The three Wilks sisters are Mary Jane (19 years old), Susan (15), and Joanna (14).
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Why do the women insult their own food?
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The women make degrading comments about their food so that they can elicit compliments from their guests.
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How do the Wilks girls react when the slaves are sold?
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The girls' hearts are broken to see them sold away from the town and separated from their families.
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At the end of the novel, which character informs the others that Jim is actually a free man?
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Tom
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Which of the following symbolizes bad luck to Huck and Jim?
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a shed snakeskin
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How does Huck know that Pap has returned to St. Petersburg?
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He sees Pap's boot print in the snow
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What is Jim's initial destination when he and Huck start downriver?
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The Ohio River
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What is the name of the town where Huck, Jim, and Tom live at the novel's opening?
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St. Petersburg
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Why does Jim run away from Miss Watson's?
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She is planning to sell him, which would separate him from his family
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"Temperance" refers to the movement designed to abolish...
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Drinking alcohol
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Which character gets shot in Jim's final "escape"?
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Tom Sawyer
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What kind of animal does Huck kill as part of the plot to fake his own death?
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A pig
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What is Mark Twain's real name?
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Samuel Clemens
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Where does Huck intend to go at the novel's end?
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The West
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When Huck dresses as a girl, what does he say his full name is?
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Sarah Mary Williams
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When was Huckleberry Finn published?
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1884
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In the beginning of the book, why does Huck not turn Jim in?
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Huck felt sorry for Jim
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Huck does not play any more trick on Jim after what incident?
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After he plays a trick in the fog
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Who is the Widow Douglas?
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The women who adopts Huck.
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Who is tom Sawyer?
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Huck's very good friend
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Who is Pap?
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Pap Finn is Huck's dad. He is a drunkard
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Who is Buck?
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Buck is a boy Huck's age. He is a Gangerford.
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Who do Jim and Huck rescue while on the raft?
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two men; the duke and the king, they are con artists.
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What has everyone been thinking has happened to Huck?
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He was murdered.
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What caused Jim and Huck to miss Cairo?
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Fog
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What's wrong with Jim's daughter?
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She's deaf
