2. Huck resigns from Tom Sawyer’s gang because
(a.) their adventures are only make-believe
b. the Widow forbids him to participate
c. Pap steals Huck away
d. the gang gets into serious trouble
3. Pap tries to claim Huck’s money from Judge Thatcher so that he can
a. raise Huck properly
b. take Huck to New Orleans
(c.) spend it on himself and his drinking
d. buy Jim from Miss Watson
4. Huck decides to fake his own murder so that
a. everyone will feel sorry for how they mistreated him
b. Pap will be blamed for it
c. he can run away with Jim
(d.) no one will follow him after he escapes
5. Mrs. Judith Loftus figures out Huck’s disguise by observing him
a. throw a bar of lead
b. catch a bar of lead in his lap
(c.) thread a needle
d. all of the above
6. The Grangerford’s pleasure in the Sunday sermon on brotherly love indicates their
a. God-loving nature
b. hypocrisy
c. nonviolent beliefs
d. hatred for the slave system
7. The people in the audience for the final performance of the Royal Nonesuch
a. want revenge on the duke and king
b. insist on an encore performance
c. demand their money back
d. want the king and duke to stay on
8. An example of irony occurs when
a. Huck and Jim become separated in the fog
b. Colonel Sherburn shoots Boggs
c. Huck confesses that his “heart warn’t right”
d. Mary Jane leaves a light in the window for Huck
9. Huck decides to help Jim and “go to hell” because
a. Tom Sawyer would have done it that way
b. he refuses to please Miss Watson
c. he agrees with Pap; people have to look out for themselves
d. his feelings will now allow him to betray Jim
10. How does Huck respond to seeing the king and duke tarred and feathered?
a. he feels sorry for them
b. he believes they have been justly punished
c. he realizes that human beings can be very cruel
d. his conscience bothers him, and he feels he is somehow to blame
11. Which of Tom’s actions is effective in helping Jim escape?
a. he smuggles Jim a rope ladder
b. he designs a coat of arms for Jim
c. he digs a tunnel
d. he discovers where Jim is being held prisoner
12. What is most ironic about Jim’s escape?
a. Huck admires Tom’s schemes
b. The people hunt Jim and the boys with guns and dogs
c. Tom is shot accidentally
d. Tom knew all along that Jim was free
13. Which of these is NOT a discovery made at the end of the novel?
a. Huck’s father is dead
b. Tom Sawyer knew that Jim was free
c. The Phelpses have freed all their slaves
d. Jim’s prophecy about his hairy chest comes true
14. Huck’s concern over killing a spider, spilling the salt-cellar, and touching a snakeskin demonstrates his
a. sensitivity
b. sense of humor
c. superstition
d. unruliness
15. When Huck realizes that he played a nasty trick on Jim, Huck learns how to be
a. vindictive
b. proud
c. humble
d. angry
16. The scene that best illustrates the contrast between appearance and reality is
a. the drunken horseback rider’s performance at the circus
b. Colonel Sherburn’s murdering of Boggs
c. the wreck of the Walter Scott
d. Huck’s apologizing to Jim
17. The crowds throughout the story are usually
a. fun-loving and harmless
b. orderly and civilized
c. cruel and emotional
d. working together for the common good
18. Colonel Sherburn’s speech represents Mark Twain’s attitudes toward
a. senseless killing
b. mob action
c. the rich and the powerful
d. public drunkenness
19. Throughout the story, Huck comes into conflict with
a. his own selfish behavior
b. Jim’s superstitious behavior
c. nature
d. society’s values
20. A symbol of individual freedom is
a. Pap’s cross in the heel of his boot
b. Jim’s hairball
c. the river
d. the shore
21. The language in Huckleberry Finn reflects Mark Twain’s
a. racism
b. lack of formal education
c. realism
d. eastern upbringing
Each of the following numbered quotations is an example of one of the literary terms listed below.
a. setting
b. symbol
c. theme
d. irony
22. “Then the ringmaster he see how he had been fooled, and he was the sickest ringmaster you ever see, I reckon. Why, it was one of his own men! He had got up that joke all out of his own head, and never let on to nobody. Well, I felt sheepish enough to be took in so, but I wouldn’t ‘a’ been in that ring master’s place, not for a thousand dollars.”
23. “I was powerful glad to get away from the feuds, and so was Jim to get away from the swam
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