Huckleberry Finn Check Quiz

Huckleberry Finn Check Quiz -Chapters 11-15

1. Huck, dressed as _________, knocks on the door of the house.
a) a girl b) a salesman c) an orthodox Jew

2. Some of the townspeople believe that:
a) Jim killed Huck and ran away b) that Pa was the person who killed Huck c) both

3. The woman gets suspicious of his gender when:
a) Huck becomes nervous at this news and picks up a needle and thread
b) She has him throw a piece of lead at a c) both

4. Huck finally gets away from the woman and immediately returns
a) to the island b) to tell Jim c) to grab everything and put it in the canoe d) all

5. They improve the raft by
a) making a wigwam which will keep them dry and warm
b) expanding the area which will keep them afloat in rough waters
c) both

6. They only travel _______.
a) at night b) during the day c) up the river

7. They climb aboard a wrecked steamboat and are surprised to the hear voices of
a) Bill b) Tucker c) Parker

8. How do the two men finally decide to kill their partner
a) by leaving him on the boat and waiting until it sinks
b) by shooting him once in the head c) by hanging him

9. Before the robbers return from stealing their partner’s loot, Huck and Jim
a) jump into the skiff and cut the rope b) speed away downstream
c) manage to find their raft again and are able to recapture it d) all

10. Huck tells Jim all about kings and other aristocratic personages, and Jim is very impressed and interested. Jim starts telling him that Solomon was
a) an amazing leader of the people b) one of the most foolish men who ever lived
c) from a story he’d heard at church once

11. Huck next tries to explain to Jim that Frenchmen speak a different language. Jim is surprised by this and cannot understand why they would not all speak the same language. Huck tries to make the analogy that
a) the tower of Bable made everyone speak differently
b) a cat and a cow do not speak the same language
c) an American and a Frenchman are the same species

12. Jim is hoping to reach ______, at the bottom of Illinois where the Ohio river merges with the Mississippi. From there both he and Huck will be able to take a steamboat upriver and into the free states where Jim will finally be a free man.
a) Egypt b) Cairo c) the north

13. Huck jumps into the canoe and follows it, but he soon loses sight of it in the fog. The next morning Huck awakens and luckily manages to catch up with the raft. He finds Jim asleep and wakes him up. Jim is glad to see him, but Huck tries to play a trick on Jim by telling him that it was
a) a week later b) all a dream c) none of the above