Characters
With whom was Huck living at the beginning of the book?
Widow Douglas and Miss Watson
What is the initial setting of the story?
St. Petersburg, Missouri
What did Pap do when he was told to stay away from the widow's house?
He kidnapped Huck and hid him away on the Illinois side of the river.
Who said:"Human beings can be awful cruel to one another."
Huck
Who takes care of Huck and Tom's money?
Judge Thatcher
What is the name of the Island that Huck & Jim meet at?
Jackson's Island
How did Huck manage his escape?
He faked his death and escaped in the canoe.
Who said: "Call this a gov'ment!"
Pap
Who did Huck discover hiding on the island?
Jim, a runaway slave
How does Jim get bitten by the rattlesnake?
Huck hides a dead snake in his bed.
What special talent did Emiline Grangerford have?
She painted and wrote poetry.
Who said: “Why, I wanted the adventure of it; and I’d ‘a’ waded neck-deep in blood to – goodness alive, AUNT POLLY!”
Tom
What does Tom declare the band of robbers should be called?
Tom Sawyer's Gang
When Huck found the canoe, he changed his escape plan and decided to...
go down river.
What did Pap do when the new judge "reformed" him?
Got drunk, tore up a room, and fell off of the roof
Chapter 4 is titled “Pap Struggles with the Death Angel.” The death angel is a reference to
Pap’s struggle with hallucinations brought on by too much drinking
What two families were feuding?
Grangerfords and Shepherdsons
How do Huck and Jim plan to escape the slave states?
By going up the Ohio
Why was the search party shooting a cannon?
To make the dead body rise to the surface.
Who said: "Well, a feud is this way: A man has a quarrel with another man, and kills him; then that other man's brother kills him; the cousins chip in -- and by and by everybody's killed off, and there ain't no more feud"?
Buck