| What is the source of the fortune that Judge Thatcher is keeping in trust for Huck? | A robber’s stash that Huck and Tom found in a cave |
| At the end of the novel, which character informs the others that Jim is actually a free man? | Tom |
| Which of the following symbolizes bad luck to Huck and Jim? | a shed snakeskin |
| Which Wilks sister is initially suspicious of Huck? | Joanna |
| How does Huck know that Pap has returned to St. Petersburg? | He sees Pap’s boot print in the snow |
| What is the name of the wrecked steamboat on which Huck and Jim encounter the robbers? | The Walter Scott |
| What is Jim’s initial destination when he and Huck start downriver? | The Ohio River |
| Where does Huck hide the Wilks family gold? | In Peter Wilks’s coffin |
| Down which river do Huck and Jim travel? | The Mississippi |
| What event sets off the final gunfight between the Shepherdsons and the Grangerfords? | Sophia Grangerford’s elopement with a Shepherdson |
| How do Huck and Jim initially acquire the raft? | They find it during a flood. |
| What does the “witch pie” that Huck and Tom bake for Jim contain? | A rope ladder |
| How do the duke and the dauphin dress Jim so that he can stay on the raft without being tied up? | As a sick Arab |
| What is the name of the town where Huck, Jim, and Tom live at the novel’s opening? | St. Petersburg |
| Why does Jim run away from Miss Watson’s? | She is planning to sell him, which would separate him from his family. |
| What charm does Jim wear around his neck that he says cures sickness? | A five-cent piece |
| What is a primary influence on Tom Sawyer? | Adventure Novels |
| “Temperance” refers to the movement designed to abolish… | Drinking alcohol |
| What kind of animal does Huck kill as part of the plot to fake his own death? | A pig |
| Who finally tells Huck that Pap is dead? | Jim |
| Which character gets shot in Jim’s final “escape”? | Tom |
| Where does Huck go after Sherburn disperses the lynch mob? | To the raft |
| What is Mark Twain’s real name? | Samuel Clemens |
| How does Tom travel to the Phelps farm? | By steamboat |
| Where does Huck intend to go at the novel’s end? | The West |
| When Huck first ran away, who hunted him down and made him go back? | Tom |
| How much money did Huck and Tom find in the cave? | $6,000 |
| How many slaves does Colonel Grangerford have? | 100 |
| When Huck dresses as a girl, what does he say his full name is? | Sarah Mary Williams |
| How does Mrs. Loftus figure out that Huck is not a girl? | Huck can’t thread a needle, throws like a boy and forgets to keep his legs together when he is sitting in his dress |
| Down what river do Huck and Jim pass? | Mississippi |
| When was Huckleberry Finn published? | 1884 |
| What genre is Huckleberry Finn? | social commentary |
| What does Twain denounce throughout the book? | slavery |
| What is the river a symbol of? | freedom |
| What kind of person is Jim? | superstitious, motherly, and hardworking |
| What symbols are going throughout the book? | river, money, and rafts |
| In the beginning of the book, why does Huck not turn Jim in? | Huck felt sorry for Jim |
| How does Huck save Jim from the Hunters? | hinted to the hunters that his family had small pox |
| Granderfords have…. | false gentility |
| Huck does not play any more trick on Jim after what incident? | After he plays a trick in the fog |
| How does Huck prevent the dauphin and duke from taking the money from the girls? | by hiding it in the coffin of the dead father |
Huck Finn test questions
June 2, 2020