AP Lang Huckleberry Finn Test

Who does Huck live with at the beginning of the novel?

The Widow (The widow is Mrs. Watson's sister).

Why does Pap hate education?

He worries that Huck will become smarter than him.

Why did Huck sell his fortune to the judge?

Pap was back and Huck was a afraid he'd steal it.

How does Mrs. Loftus figure out that Huck is not a girl?

Huck threads the needle wrong, he throws like a boy, and catches the ball with his knees rather than his skirt.

Why does Jim run away?

He hears Miss Watson might be selling Jim down south.

Why did Huck and Tom meet up at Jackson's island?

It was by chance, but Huck was trying to escape his dad (his dad thought Huck was the angle of death and when drunk had almost tried to kill him) and Jim was in the process of running away.

Who sees smoke coming from Jackson's Island?

Mrs. Loftus.

Jim says I do not take any stock in ____ ?

King Solomon. This occurs in his lawyer-like discussion with Huck.

How does Twain make fun of romanticism?

He names the sinking steam ship Walter Scott (a romantic writer) and speaks about the morbid emmaline (the grangerford girl who was a poet and came before the undertaker to a dead body).

What is Huck's rationale to help the men on the steamship (he goes down river to find someone to help)?

He states "Hey one day I might be a murderer."

What is a picaresque novel?

Episodic story that normally contains a man with a sidekick (both of which are on a journey).

What is a bildungsroman?

A coming of age story.

List two of the genres Huck Finn fits in.

picaresque and bildungsroman.

What is an example of Jim overruling Huck?

- The argument about the French not talking like they do in which Jim easily has superiority in the argument

-Jim makes Huck feel bad after Huck tries to trick Jim into believing the terrible storm that separated them was just a dream ("Dat truck dah is TRASH; en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren's en makes 'em ashamed." chapter 14).

What is Vernacular?

This is when the author writes in the native/ regional dialect of the the person speaking.

Why do the King and Duke impersonate the brothers?

They impersonate the wilks girls brothers (The Duke (bilgewater) is mute the King (dauphin) speaks) in order to earn their fortune from their lost father.

Where did Huck hide the money that the Wilks sister gave the King?

In a coffin.

Who does Huck pretend to be at the Phelps' farm?

Tom Sawyer.

Who does Tom Sawyer pretend to be at the Phelps' farm?

Sid (Who is aunt Polly's son)

What does Twain think about conscience of man?

Twain believes that a person's conscience is shaped around the society surrounding them.