Huck Finn

How does Huck get to the Grangerford’s?

• Huck ended up there after their raft was smashed by a steamboat and he had to swim to shore.

• Jim told him a long time ago to look for the Grangerford's place.

• Huck heard some people talking about the Grangerford place along the road and decided to look for it.

• All of the above

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Why did Twain include this adventure with the Grangerfords?

• Twain wanted to show the ridiculous and sometimes violent side of human nature.

• Twain wanted to show Huck's determination to set Jim free.

• Twain wanted to show the Grangerfords as a model family.

• Twain wanted to show the Shepherdsons as a model family.

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Why don't the slave hunters get Jim?

• Huck and Jim out-ran them.

• Jim was too ill to go with them.

• The slave hunters get tired of waiting and leave.

• The slave hunters were afraid they would catch the disease Huck's "father" had.

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What is the bad luck in Chapter 16?

• Jim got sick.

• A steamboat ran over the raft.

• The hunters get Jim.

• Jim and Huck have an argument and split up.

In Chapter 19, when two men beg to join Huck in his canoe, he says that they must go up stream and swim down to him. How did he know they have time?

• The dogs were close enough Huck could see them.

• He didn't think they had time, but knew it was safer anyway.

• The dogs and horses were not audible yet

• There was no one chasing them

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At the beginning of Chapter 20, what is the one truth in the lie that Huck tells the men?

• His pa drowned

• He had a younger brother Ike

• He and Jim are headed to Orleans

• Their raft was hit by a steamboat

In Chapter 20, what wakes Huck up from his nap during the storm?

• A bolt of lightning

• A clap of thunder

• The rain

• A wave washes him off the raft

In Chapters 19, Jim believes there are spirits passing close by on the river. How does Huck says he knows they're just people?

• He was able to see them.

• He said "…spirits wouldn't say, 'dern the dern fog'."

• He could smell them

• He said he heard them say, "The devil take me if it ain't true!"

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In Chapter 19, the older man believes he would've received what punishment from the town for his wrong doing?

• Crucified

• Hung

• Whipped

• Tarred and feathered

In Chapter 19, the younger man claims that he is the rightful heir to what?

• The Dukeship of Bridgewater

• The Throne of France

• The Throne of England

• The Shepherdson Plantation

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