Characters
What is Mark Twain’s real name?
Samuel Clemons
What does the river symbolize?
freedom
How does Huck know that Pap has returned to St. Petersburg?
He sees pap's boot print in the snow.
Where does Huck go after Sherburn disperses the lynch mob?
to the circus
"His hair was long and tangled and greasy, and hung down, and you could see his eyes shining through like he was behind vines." . What type of figurative languages shown here?
simile
Which Wilks sister is initially suspicious of Huck?
Joanna
What does Jim represent?
the slavery and persuasive racism of the time
How do Huck and Jim initially acquire the raft?
They find it during a flood.
Where does Huck intend to go at the novel’s end?
the west
"It most scared the livers and lights out of me." What type of figurative language is shown?
hyperbole
Who finally tells Huck that Pap is dead?
Jim
What does the Widow symbolize?
civilized society
What event sets off the final gunfight between the Shepherdsons and the Grangerfords?
Sophia Grangerford’s elopement with a Shepherdson.
What is the name of the town where Huck, Jim, and Tom live at the novel’s opening?
St.Peterburgs
"I shot head-first off of the bank like a frog, clothes and all on, and struck out for the canoe." What type of figurative language is shown here?
simile
At the end of the novel, which character informs the others that Jim is actually a free man?
Tom
Which of the following symbolizes bad luck to Huck and Jim?
a shed snakeskin
How do the duke and the dauphin dress Jim so that he can stay on the raft without being tied up?
As a sick Arab
Down which river do Huck and Jim travel?
The Mississippi
"Then away out in the woods I heard that kind of a sound that a ghost makes when it wants to tell about something that's on its mind and can't make itself understood, and so can't rest easy in its grave and has to go about that way every night grieving." What type of figurative language is shown here?
personification
Which of the following characters gets shot in Jim’s final “escape”?
Tom
What does the raft represent?
safety
What does the “witch pie” that Huck and Tom bake for Jim contain?
A rope ladder
Where does Huck hide the Wilks family gold?
in Peter Wilk's coffin
"Well, we swarmed along down the river road, just carrying on like wildcats; and to make it more scary the sky was darking up, and the lightning beginning to wink and flitter, and the wind to shiver amongst the leaves." What type of figurative language is shown here?
imagery