Quotes
Plot Summary
Mark Twain
Historical Facts
Symbols and Themes
100
I said "All right then, I’ll go to hell"
Who is Huckleberry Finn?
100
A band of thieves created by Huck's idealistic friend Tom Sawyer
What is Tom Swayer's Gang
100
This man used the Pseudonym, Mark Twain.
Who is Samuel Clemens?
100
A Supreme Court decision that stated that people of African descent are not protected by the Constitution
What is The Dred Scott Decision
100
This symbol represents freedom, easy living, and Huck and Jim's journey.
What is the Mississippi River?
200
"you's de bes' fren' Jim's ever had; en you's de ONLY fren' ole Jim's got now."
Who is Jim?
200
Two families who have a bloody history
Who are the Shepherdson's and the Grangerford's
200

Twain lived here as a boy

What is Hannibal, Missouri

200
The political movement in America to end slavery
What is Abolitionism
200
This symbol represented Southern Aristocracy.
What is the Grangerford's house?
300
"Tramp – tramp – tramp; that's the dead; tramp – tramp – tramp; they're coming after me; but I won't go. Oh, they're here! don't touch me – don't! hands off – they're cold; let go. Oh, let a poor devil alone!"
Who is Pap?
300
The Island where Huck and Jim began their adventure together
What is Jackson's Island
300
A book written by Mark Twain that is often seen as a prequel to "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
What is "The Adventure's of Tom Sawyer"
300
Group of American states to secede from the Union
What is The Confederate States of America
300
This symbol represents freedom from the hardships of the real world.
What is the raft?
400
"It's a dead man. Yes, indeedy; naked, too. He's ben shot in de back. I reck'n he's ben dead two er three days."
Who is Jim
400
Name of the river that Huck and Jim originally planned to go up by steam boat in order to free Jim
What is the Ohio River
400

Twain's dream job as a young man

What is steamboat pilot

400

Document that freed slaves in the Confederacy

What is The Emancipation Proclamation

400
This style of writing, previously prelevant, is made fun of throughout the book.
What is Romanticism?
500

"Because Mary Jane'll be in mourning from this out; and first you know the slave that does up the rooms will get an order to box these duds up and put 'em away; and do you reckon a slave can run across money and not borrow some of it?"

Who is the duke?

500
This man left a large fortune to his two brothers from England
Who is Peter Wilkes
500

The meaning of Mark Twain's pen name

What is a means of signifying a safe water depth

500
President of the United States of America when "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was published
Who is Grover Cleveland
500
This theme is most prevalent between Jim and Huck throughout the novel.
What is Friendship?