Characters
This character had a cross in his boot print.
Who is Pap?
"Doan' hurt me--don't! I hain't ever done no harm to a ghos'. I alwuz like dead people, en done all I coud for 'em."
The river Huck and Jim are traveling down
What is the Mississippi?
The term for the tent-like shelter on the raft
What is the wigwam?
The character who wants to imitate adventure books. Huck looks up to him.
Who is Tom Sawyer?
"Well then, says I, what's the use you learning to do right when it's troublesome to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?"
Who is Huck?
The term that means using humor to point out the flaws of society
What is satire?
The person to whom Jim belongs
Who is Miss Watson?
The character who shames a town for mob mentality and criticizes the KKK
Who is Colonel Sherburn?
"There ain't a coward among them Shepherdsons--not a one. And there ain't no cowards amongst the Grangerfords neither."
Who is Buck Grangerford?
The everyday language of a people or region
What is vernacular?
The name of the play the King and the Duke perform where the King is naked and painted with rainbow stripes
The name of the Wilks sister who could see through some of Huck's lies (actual name)
Who is Joanna?
"Goodbye. I'm going to do everything just as you've told me; and if I don't ever see you again, I shan't ever forget you...and I'll pray for you."
Who is Mary Jane Wilks?
The term for the period before the Civil War
What is antebellum?
The name that Huck first gives Judith Loftus when he is disguised as a girl
Who is Sarah Williams?
This character had terrible handwriting so he depended on his younger brother to write all of his letters. (use actual name, not description)
Who is Harvey Wilks?
"What? And not sell out the rest o' the property? March off like a passel of fools and leave eight or nine thous'n' dollars' property layin' aroun'?"
Who is the King?
The intentional misuse of a word for humorous effect.
What is malapropism?
The tattoo on Peter Wilk's chest
What is P-B-W?