The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Test Review

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