Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
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Why do the king and the duke leave during the third performance?
The king stays on the raft, and the duke escapes after he has collected the money. Then they leave to avoid the townspeople.
100
Who takes over Sherburn's house
The Mob
100
Who does not see the point in telling Jim that the duke and the dauphin are fakes?
Huck
100
Who is worried, while tied up in the boat, just waiting?
Jim. Dauphin and the Duke tie up the raft to come over another town.
100
Why does a crowd gather before the Wilks home to watch Wilks’s three nieces?
To greet the duke and the dauphin, whom they believe to be their English uncles.
200
What attracts the crowd at the showing of The Royal Nonesuch?
The caption at the bottom of the handbill that reads "ladies and children not admitted."
200
Who was concerned about the man's near-death experience?
Huck Finn
200
Who's torn apart when he hears a thud in the distance that reminds him of the time he beat his daughter Lizabeth for not doing what he told her to do?
Jim
200
The dauphin encounters a young man and talks to him about a recently deceased man. Who is the deceased man?
Peter Wilks
200
What do the Wilks leave behind?
The house and $3,000 to his nieces.
300
Who is Twain satirizing in this situation?
Twain is satirizing the lynch mobs who come like cowards after dark wearing masks.
300
Who tries but fails to stop the drunk as he climbs on one of the circus horses, which tears about the stage?
The ringmaster
300
How much money did the Duke and the dauphin earn over the three nights?
465 dollars.
300
What are the names of Mr. Wilks' brothers?
Harvey and William
300
Who interrupts to declare the duke and the dauphin frauds?
Doctor Robinson, an old friend of the deceased.
400
Who faces the mob single-handed?
Sherburn steps onto his porch, criticizes them for being cowards.
400
Who stares the mob down with a double-barreled shotgun?
Sherburn
400
Who was embarrassed from getting ripped off by the Duke and the dauphin's performance?
The crowd. They made sure that everyone got ripped off as well.
400
What does the sign that the Duke put on Jim say?
“Sick Arab—but harmless when not out of his head.”
400
Who ask Mary Jane, the eldest Wilks sister, to listen to him as a friend and dismiss the impostors?
Doctor Robinson.
500
What is the play the Duke and the King are rehearsing?
Romeo and Juliet
500
How many people attend the Duke's performance?
Twelve
500
Who appears onstage wearing nothing except body paint and some “wild” weapons?
The dauphin
500
What does the dauphin do that makes Huck ashamed of the human race?
He makes strange hand gestures feigning sign language.
500
How much money did Mary Jane give to the King?
6000 dollars.
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