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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by:
Mark Twain
Summary
Plot Overview
Five Key Questions
What Does the Ending Mean?
Summary & Analysis
Notice and Explanatory
Chapter 1
Chapters 2–3
Chapters 4–6
Chapters 7–10
Chapters 11–13
Chapters 14–16
Chapters 17–19
Chapters 20–22
Chapters 23–25
Chapters 26–28
Chapters 29–31
Chapters 32–35
Chapters 36–39
Chapters 40–43
Video Plot Summary
Translation
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Characters
Character List
Huckleberry “Huck” Finn
Jim
Tom Sawyer
The duke and the dauphin
Pap Finn
Main Ideas
Themes
Plot analysis
Protagonist
Antagonist
Setting
Motifs
Symbols
Genre
Style
Point of View
Tone
Foreshadowing
Key Facts
What Does it Mean to be “Free”?
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
Quotes By Theme
Guilt/Shame
Empathy
Adventure
Money/Wealth
Quotes By Section
Notice and Explanatory
Chapter 1
Chapters 2–3
Chapters 4–6
Chapters 7–10
Chapters 11–13
Chapters 14–16
Chapters 17–19
Chapters 20–22
Chapters 23–25
Chapters 26–28
Chapters 29–31
Chapters 32–35
Chapters 36–39
Chapters 40–43
Quotes By Character
Huck
Jim
Tom
The duke and the dauphin
Pap Finn
Further Study
Context
Slavery and American Society
Huckleberry Finn and the N-word
Mark Twain and American Realism
Movie Adaptations
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
Chapter 1
Chapters 2-3
Chapters 4-6
Chapters 7-10
Chapters 11-13
Chapters 14-16
Chapters 17-19
Chapters 20-22
Chapters 23-25
Chapters 26-28
Chapters 29-31
Chapters 32-35
Chapters 36-39
Chapters 40-43
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Companion Texts
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Suggested Essay Topics
Sample A+ Essay
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Full Book Quiz
1
. What is the source of the fortune that Judge Thatcher is keeping in trust for Huck?
Buried treasure
Huck’s father’s life insurance policy
A robber’s stash that Huck and Tom found in a cave
An inheritance from Huck’s mother
2
. At the end of the novel, which character informs the others that Jim is actually a free man?
Aunt Polly
Tom
Huck
Sid
3
. Which of the following symbolizes bad luck to Huck and Jim?
A shed snakeskin
Jim’s hairy chest
Rain
The wrecked steamboat
4
. Which Wilks sister is initially suspicious of Huck?
Mary Jane
Susan
Joanna
Sophia
5
. How does Huck know that Pap has returned to St. Petersburg?
Tom tells him
Pap visits Judge Thatcher to demand Huck’s money
The authorities determine that the corpse found in the river is not Pap
He sees Pap’s boot print in the snow
6
. What is the name of the wrecked steamboat on which Huck and Jim encounter the robbers?
The
Royal Nonesuch
The
Walter Scott
The
Mississippi Queen
The
New Orleans
7
. What is Jim’s initial destination when he and Huck start downriver?
New Orleans
An Arkansas plantation
St. Louis
The Ohio River
8
. Where does Huck hide the Wilks family gold?
In Peter Wilks’s coffin
In the basement
In a mattress
In an old cabin in the woods
9
. Down which river do Huck and Jim travel?
The Missouri
The Mississippi
The Ohio
The Chattahoochee
10
. What event sets off the final gunfight between the Shepherdsons and the Grangerfords?
The death of Harney Shepherdson
The theft of the Grangerfords’ cattle
Sophia Grangerford’s elopement with a Shepherdson
An insult to Colonel Grangerford
11
. How do Huck and Jim initially acquire the raft?
They steal it.
They build it.
They buy it from a slave trader.
They find it during a flood.
12
. What does the “witch pie” that Huck and Tom bake for Jim contain?
A rope ladder
A pen made from a brass candlestick
An old shirt and a spoon
A dead snake
13
. How do the duke and the dauphin dress Jim so that he can stay on the raft without being tied up?
As a young girl
As a sick Arab
As a camel
As a Shakespearean actor
14
. What is the name of the town where Huck, Jim, and Tom live at the novel’s opening?
Cairo
St. Louis
Pikesville
St. Petersburg
15
. Why does Jim run away from Miss Watson’s?
She treats him poorly.
She is planning to sell him, which would separate him from his family.
He wants to see relatives in New Orleans.
He wants to help Huck escape his father.
16
. What charm does Jim wear around his neck that he says cures sickness?
A silver key
A five-cent piece
A snake tooth
A rabbit’s foot
17
. Which of the following is the primary influence on Tom Sawyer?
His Aunt Polly
Sunday school
Adventure novels
Abolitionist speeches
18
. “Temperance” refers to the movement designed to abolish which of the following?
Drinking alcohol
Slavery
School segregation
Income taxes
19
. What kind of animal does Huck kill as part of the plot to fake his own death?
A dog
A deer
A fish
A pig
20
. Who finally tells Huck that Pap is dead?
Tom
Aunt Polly
Jim
Sally Phelps
21
. Which of the following characters gets shot in Jim’s final “escape”?
Huck
Tom
Jim
All of the above
22
. Where does Huck go after Sherburn disperses the lynch mob?
To the police
To the raft
To the circus
To the theater
23
. What is Mark Twain’s real name?
William Jennings Bryan
Henry Williams Norris
William Dean Howells
Samuel Clemens
24
. How does Tom travel to the Phelps farm?
By steamboat
By horse-cart
By foot
By train
25
. Where does Huck intend to go at the novel’s end?
St. Petersburg
The West
New York City
The Phelps farm
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