Characters
Name a character that Huck pretends to be.
Sarah Mary Williams / George Jackson
The raft is a symbol of this theme.
What is Freedom / Independence?
This is the reason why Huck leaves to go on an adventure.
What is to escape civilization, and/or the abuse and torment of Pap, in search of freedom?
Tom thinks Huck is this, when he sees him towards the end of the story. (Hint- Jim thought the same thing)
What is a Ghost?
These are the names of the two families involved in feud.
Who are the Shepherdsons and the Grangerfords?
The King and the Duke cannot be trusted. Name one lie or con that they were a part of.
What is pretending to be the Wilks brothers to steal the inheritance, pretending to be royalty, betraying and selling Jim back into slavery, fake doctors, fake newspaper advertisements, fake religious revival, fake actors?
Aunt Sally saying "Lucky no one was hurt" when a black person was hurt is an example of this theme.
What is Racism?
This is the city Huck and Jim miss in the fog.
What is Cairo?
This is the plan that the King and Duke use to try and steal the inheritance from the Wilks family.
They pretend to be the Wilks brothers from England in order to receive the the money and property left in the will.
The reason Pap Finn is back in town.
What is to get at Huck's money?
This person said "All right, then, I'll go to hell," when contemplating the morality of slavery.
Who is Huckleberry Finn?
Huck has internal conflict (man vs. self) around this issue.
What is the morality of slavery? Should he turn Jim (the slave) in, or help Jim (his friend) stay free.
Jim and Huck find this while traveling down the river.
What is a shipwreck or a sinking abandoned house?
Name one of the tests that the mob uses to identify the real Wilks brothers (from between the the true brothers and the King/Duke).
What is a handwriting test or a tattoo identifying test?
This is where Jim was planning to go in search of freedom.
What is Illinois?
This individual helps Jim while he's held captive on the Phelp's Plantation.
Who is a slave named Nat?
Name an character (other than Jim) that deals with some type of enslavement.
Who are Pap, Buck, Huck, and a convincing argument for others?
Tom knows that Jim is a free man while trying to help him escape from the Phelps farm. Why does he continue with such an elaborate plan?
What is because he is a romantic living in a fantasy world that loves adventures?
This is where Huck hide the Wilks bag of gold after taking it from the King and the Duke.
What is in Peter Wilks coffin?
The reason one of the Wilks sisters (Mary Jane) is packing a suitcase.
What is to return to England with the fake Wilks brothers (i.e. the King and Duke)?
These are the names of the three Wilks sisters.
What are Mary Jane, Susan, and Joanna?
This theme explains why Huck felt bad for scamming the Wilks sisters and why he protected Jim.
What is Coming of Age / Growth and Maturity?
This town is the starting point of this story.
What is Hannibal, Missouri?
This is how Jim redeems himself in the eyes of the racist towns people.
What is Jim risking his freedom to get medical treatment for Tom?
This person figures out that Huck is not a girl.
Who was Judith Loftus?