CS 10 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Test (Beginning-End)



English 10 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Final Test

1. All of the following are possible motifs, or main ideas, from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn except:

a. Self-discovery

b. Hypocrisy

c. Scarcity

d. Maturity

2. One of the following is not a major theme in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:

a. an individual matures when he becomes increasingly more able to make difficult moral decisions.

b. the peaceful life along the Mississippi presents a stark contrast to the challenges of an increasingly industrial and technological society.

c. many of the assumptions and understandings of adult society are false.

d. human nature is a mixture of good and evil.

3. How does Huck reunite with Jim again after Huck is taken in by the Grangerfords?

a. Jack, the slave, takes Huck to the slave quarters where Jim has been hiding out.

b. Jack, the slave, takes Huck to the swamp where Jim has been hiding out.

c. Huck finds Jim on the island near where they first encountered the Walter Scott.

d. Huck sees someone on a raft and discovers it is his long lost friend, Jim.

4. What did Huck learn about people from his Pap that helped Huck deal with the Duke and the King?

a. He learned that the only way to deal with frauds is to become a fraud himself.

b. He learned that the only way to deal with frauds is to beat them at their own game.

c. He learned that the only way to deal with frauds is to be honest with them.

d. He learned that the only way to deal with frauds is to keep the peace and let them have their way.

5. When Huck encounters Jim on Jackson Island, he does not turn him in as a runaway slave mostly because Huck

a. does not believe in the convention (practice) of slavery.

b. regards Jim as his closest friend.

c. does not want to reveal to anyone that he is still alive.

d. has promised Jim to keep quiet about Jim’s escape.

6. Huck saves Jim from hunters searching for escaped slaves by

a. hiding Jim in a cave

b. hinting that there is smallpox on the raft.

c. swearing that there is no one on the raft.

d. having Jim paddle away to safety.

7. Jim runs away for all except one of the following reasons:

a. He does not want to be separated any longer from his wife and children.

b. He can no longer tolerate the degradation of being a slave.

c. Miss Watson plans to sell him to a slave dealer who will take him to New Orleans.

d. He wants to reach a free state.

8. When Huck “borrows” an occasional chicken or watermelon, he feels slightly guilty. This is an example of

a. an internal conflict between right and wrong.

b. an external conflict between right and wrong.

c. an internal conflict between following Pap’s advice for survival or following Jim’s.

d. an external conflict between nature and nurture.

9. Pap returns to St. Petersburg

a. to gain control of Huck’s fortune.

b. so he can assume his responsibilities as a fond parent.

c. to intimidate Judge Thatcher.

d. so he can learn from the new judge in town how to be civilized.

10. Huck assumes his father is still alive because

a. he believes the superstition that only women float face down.

b. he overheard the Widow Douglas talking about him one day.

c. he believes the superstition that burning the spider has caused him bad luck.

d. he believes the superstition that only men float face down.

11. Chapter IV is titled “Pap Struggles with the Death Angel.” The death angel is a reference to

a. Pap’s struggle with God.

b. Jim’s hairball oracle prediction.

c. Pap’s struggle with government.

d. Huck’s disregard for all things religious.

12. The only time Huck interferes with the fraudulent schemes of the King and the Duke occurs when:

a. the King poses as a reformed pirate in order to take up a collection at a camp meeting.

b. the Duke poses as a printer and sells subscriptions for a paper he does not own.

c. the King and the Duke present their “Royal Nonesuch” exhibition.

d. The King and the Duke pose as brothers to Peter Wilks to defraud the Wilks sisters out of their inheritance.

13. The King and the Duke are unable to convince ____________ that they are Peter Wilkes’s brothers.

a. Mary Jane

b. The steamship employee

c. The Doctor

d. Susanna

14. Huck prevents the King and the Duke from stealing the Wilks sisters’ money by

a. hiding the gold in Peter Wilks’ coffin.

b. exposing the King and the Duke as imposters.

c. finding Peter Wilks’ real brothers

d. convincing the King and the Duke to leave the gold and escape while they can.

15. After learning that Jim is imprisoned on the Phelps farm, Huck first decides to

a. report the King for stealing his slave.

b. go directly to the Phelps farm and claim Jim as his slave.

c. wait for Tom Sawyer’s arrival so that Tom can help him free Jim from slavery.

d. write a letter to Miss Watson informing her of Jim’s whereabouts.

16. The scheme that Tom devises for freeing Jim is

a. brilliant and surefire.

b. simple and practical.

c. absurd and complicated.

d. dull and unimaginative.

17. Huck most seriously defies the conventions (laws) of his society by his decision to

a. run away.

b. participate in a feud.

c. steal from the Wilks sisters.

d. steal Jim out of slavery.

18. Upon hearing that Tom is willing to help Huck free Jim out of slavery,

a. Huck is silently impressed with Tom’s decision to break the law.

b. Huck congratulates Tom for doing the right thing.

c. Huck’s high opinion of Tom is reduced.

d. Huck tells Tom that he’s disappointed in his decision.

19. The inspiration for the escape plans that Tom Sawyer puts into action is

a. real-life prison breaks.

b. abolitionist literature.

c. romantic adventure stories.

d. observation and practical experience.

20. Huck’s ultimate moral decision is

a. to choose between truth and fiction.

b. to live freely or accept responsibility.

c. to choose between the demands of traditional morality and the dictates (messages) of his own heart.

d. to accept the institution of slavery or become an abolitionist.

21. The farmers’ dogs who chased after Huck, Tom and Jim after the escape were not effective in helping to apprehend “the thieves” because

a. they were not well trained dogs.

b. Jim, Huck, and Tom were able to reach the river before the dogs discovered them.

c. Huck and Tom were friends with the dogs.

d. The dogs became confused, when Jim, Huck and Tom ‘double-backed’.

22. When Huck sees the King and the Duke tarred and fathered,

a. he understand that human beings can be cruel to one another.

b. he understands what might happen to him if continues to lie.

c. he regrets having ever known the two men.

d. he understands what might happen to Jim if Jim is not freed quickly.

23. The Duke does not tell Huck the correct name of the man who bought Jim because,

a. the Duke wants Huck out of town so Huck won’t blow the whistle on the “Royal Nonesuch” performance.

b. the Duke wants to save Huck from the King’s wrath when the King discovers the raft is missing.

c. the Duke honestly does not know the name of the man who bought Jim.

d. the Duke wants to get back at Huck for Huck trying to ditch him after the Wilks escapade.

24. What event finally convinces Huck that Jim is “white inside”?

a. when Jim explains that the dead man in the house was Pap.

b. when Jim tells Huck about his daughter being deaf and dumb

c. when Jim tells Tom that he and Huck will not leave Tom behind to be caught by the farmers who are chasing them

d. when Jim tells Huck that Huck is his bestest friend.

25. The Duke and King engage in all of the fraudulent schemes except

a. posing as a reformed pirate at a camp meeting in order to take up a collection.

b. performing the “Royal Nonesuch” exhibition

c. selling subscriptions to a fake newspaper.

d. selling fake stocks certificates to farmers.

26. Colonel Sherburn kills Old Boggs because Boggs

a. cheated him.

b. owed him a large sum of money.

c. called him names.

d. refused to get off the street.

27. How did Huck finally remember his name the first morning at the Grangerford’s?

a. He recalled that he wrote it on his hand the night before.

b. He asked Buck to spell his name for him.

c. He waited until he was called for breakfast.

d. He asked Jim.

28. According to Buck, the original cause of the feud between the Grangerford’s and the Shepherdson’s is because

a. Harney and Sophia were having an illicit affair.

b. thirty years ago Baldy Shepherdson shot Col. Grangerford.

c. thirty years ago a lawsuit occurred between a member from each family and the victor was shot.

d. the Grangerford’s support slavery and the Shepherdson’s do not.

29. When Huck encounters Jim on Jackson Island, he does not turn him in as a runaway slave because he

a. does not believe in slavery.

b. regards Jim as his closest friend.

c. does not want to reveal to anyone that he is still alive.

d. has promised Jim to keep quiet about Jim’s escape.

30. Huck saves Jim from hunters searching for escaped slaves by

a. hiding Jim in a cave

b. hinting that there is smallpox on the raft.

c. swearing that there is no one on the raft.

d. having Jim paddle away to safety.

True or False

31. This book is part two of a series; part one was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

32. Huck lives with his Aunt Sally for a while because the court places him there.

33. Once, Tom ran away and Huck talked him into going back home.

34. When he escapes from the cabin, Huck sets it up to make it look like his Pap murdered him.

35. Huck hates staying with the Grangerfords because the old lady was so mean to him.

36. The feud between the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons has been going on for over 100 years.

37. Miss Charlotte runs off with Harney Shepherdson.

38. Colonol Sherbum is killed by Boggs.

39. Twain suggests, by his portrayal of the king and duke and townspeople, that the average person is gullible.

Vocabulary

Matching

40. insurrection

41. sublime

42. moderation

43. talking for an extended period about oneself or to oneself

44. gaudy

45. oracle

46. dense growth of trees

47. intelligence

48. to move upward

49. grieving

50. God

Who Said It?

Match the speaker to the quote below. Some answers may be used more than once, some may not be used at all.

Quotes:

51. “Dat truck dah is trash; and trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head of er dey’s fren’s en makes ‘em ashamed.”

52. “…all kings is mostly rapscallion, as fur as I can make out.”

53. Human beings can be awful cruel to one another.

54. “The average man’s a coward…The average man don’t like trouble and danger.”

55. …I do believe he [Jim] cared as much for his people as white folks does for their’n. It don’t seem natural, but I reckon it’s so.

56. Jim he couldn’t see no sense in the most of it, but he allowed we was white folks and knowed better than him;

57. The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me;

…Aunt Sally she’s goint to adopt me and sivilize me; and I can’t stand it. I been there before.

58. “Well, it’s lucky; because sometimes people do get hurt.”

59. “Well, a feud is this way: A man has a quarrel with another man, and kills him; then that other man’s brother kill him; the cousins chip in – and by and by everybody’s killed off, and there ain’t no more feud.”

60. “Why, I wanted the adventure of it; and I’d ‘a’ waded neck-deep in blood to – goodness alive, AUNT POLLY!”

Match the letter of the effect with its cause.

CAUSES:

____ 61. Pap considered Huck his “property”…

____ 62. Huck took pity on two frauds….

____ 63. Huck found a canoe…

____ 64. “George Jaxon” forgot his name…

____ 65. Huck took on the role of English valet…

____ 66. Jim always treated Huck kindly…

____ 67. Tom knew that Jim had been freed in Miss Watson’s will…

____ 68. Life at the Widow Douglas’s was too “sivilized”…

____ 69. Huck’s conscience bothered him immensely…

____ 70. A steamboat hit the raft…

Matching.

71. Jim and Huck hope to escape up the ___ river.

72. The king and the duke pretend to be two brothers from the ___ family.

73. Where do the Grangerfords live?

74. Which characters meet up with Jim and Huck who are also on the run from the law?

75. Who hides the gold in the coffin?

76. Huck becomes friends with this boy.

77. Who claims to be Sarah Mary Williams?

78. Who hides in a swamp near the Grngerford’s home?

79. Who tells Huck that Jim is being blamed for Huck’s murder?

80. Which character inspires Huck to join a gang of robbers?

Matching

Some may be used more than once.

81. Where does Huck live at the beginning of the novel?

82. When Huck escaped from his captivity what did people in his town think happened to him?

83. Who owns Jim?

84. How does Huck keep the two men from the skiff from coming aboard?

85. How does Huck and Jim's raft get damaged?

86. Why do the Grangerfords move about so cautiously and carefully?

87. What special talent(s) did the late daughter of the Grangerfords' have?

88. Miss Sophia Grangerford asks Huck to go back to church and get what?

89. What did the note from the Sherperdson say?

90. Where did Jim hideout while Huck was at the Grangerfords?

91. What country did the Dauphin say he should rightfully rule?

92. What did the Duke do so Jim wouldn't have to stay tied up all day?

93. Where did Huck hide the gold?

94. What did the Duke & the Dauphin say was in the dead man's casket to prove their innocence?

95. When Jim is discovered and taken back to a farm out of town, whom does Huck pretend to be?

96. What is the purpose of the bed sheet in one of Tom’s pies?

97. What did Tom and Huck do with the sawdust from Jim’s bed leg?

98. Who got shot during the getaway?

99. FREE “ABCDE”

100. FREE “ABCDE”

a. Tom Sawyer

b. Jim told the town about the scam

c. the doctor put in a good word for him

d. a garden hoe

e. the dogs chased him down

a. Jim

b. the community finds the bag of gold

c. arm

d. back

e. a pickaxe

a. to make a latter out of

b. he was on the abandoned boat, floating downriver, dead

c. they wanted the reward money

d. carried it in their pockets

e. calf

a. pretends to be Tom Sawyer

b. pretends to be the slave owner

c. to strangle him master

d. ate it

e. Huck was in town finding help and was spotted

a. they gave up

b. he’s still alive

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a. slow deliberate, secretive action

b. ingenious

c. earthen ware

d. thicket

e. phrenology

ab. tastelessly ornamented

ac. one held to give divine inspiration

ad. lacking modesty

ae. temperance

bc. soliloquy

bd. ascend

be. majestic, noble, elevated

cd. contrite

ce. thin mattress

de. revolting against authority

abc. Providence

abd. Deep in thought

a. Huck ab. Pap

b. Jim ac. The Window Douglas

c. Tom Sawyer ad. The King

d. Aunt Sally ae. Buck Grangerford

e. Sherburn

EFFECTS

a. …so being kidnapped by Pap wasn’t all bad.

b. …so he asked Buck to spell it.

c. …so he decided to head downriver.

d. …so he got involved in one crooked scheme after another.

e. …so he had to talk about things he knew little of.

ab. …so Huck sold his fortune to Judge Thatcher.

ac. …so Huck decided to risk being called a “dirty Abolitionist.”

ad. …so he decided to go to tear up the letter and go to hell instead.

ae. …so Huck spent time at the Grangerfords.

bc. …so Tom’s plan to help Jim escape from slavery made a mockery out of Huck’s friendship with Jim.

a. Kentucky ab. Huck bd. the king and the duke

b. Ohio ac. Mississippi

c. Wilks ad. Susanna

d. Judith Loftus ae. Jim

e. Tom bc. Buck

a. Miss Watson

b. France

c. Germany

d. her bible

e. half past two

a. in the casket

b. in the woods with his father

c. a bag of gold

d. her jacket

e. dressed him as a girl

a. it hits a barge ferry

b. a swamp

c. he was murdered

d. I love you

e. at Tom Sawyer’s

a. says his companion has small pox

b. under the bed

c. Aunt Polly

d. painted him blue as to look like a sick Arab

e. threatens him with his gun

a. he ran away

b. with the Widow Douglas

c. they have an on-going war with the Shepherdsons

d. a blue tattoo on the dead man’s chest

e. she was an artist and a poet

a. Tom Sawyer

b. carried it in their pockets

c. to be used as a ladder

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