"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" - Chapter 15 & 16

Why do Huck and Jim find themselves riding the river through thick fog in Chapter 15?

• They are embarking in a new adventure and want to take risks.

• The mooring rope has been lost.

• The sapling they use as a mooring is not strong enough to hold the raft.

• The fog has come down too suddenly for them to get to shore.

What is one symbol that the fog represents?

• A supernatural presence.

• The power of the river.

• The confusion inside Huck's head.

• Journeying into the unknown.

What separates Jim and Huck in the fog?

• Some rapids.

• A quarrel over food.

• A large island.

• Huck loses his lantern and Jim can't see him.

Why is Huck feeling "mean and miserable" in Chapter 15?

• He is troubled by his conscience.

• He is lonely.

• He knows he has been mean to Jim.

• He is hungry and cold.

In Jim's eyes how is Huck different?

• Jim thinks Huck is braver than anyone else he knows.

• Jim says Huck is the only 'white' person who has ever honored a promise to him.

• Jim notes that Huck as little care for money.

• Jim says Huck is 'true blue' and is helping him.

What calamity befalls Huck and Jim at the end of Chapter 16?

• The raft drifts off by itself and is lost.

• The raft is destroyed as they ride over some rapids.

• The canoe is stolen.

• The raft is destroyed in a collision with a large steamboat.