Huck Finn Ch 15­25 Quiz.notebook
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What trick does Huck play on Jim?
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He takes Jim's sleeping bag and tries to make Jim believe that witches took it.
B
He tries to make Jim believe the events of the past evening were a dream.
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C
He pretends he's going to turn Jim in to the slave hunters.
D
Huck tells Jim that the slave hunters have stopped looking for him.
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Why doesn't Huck turn Jim in?
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Why don't the slave hunters get Jim?
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A
The slave hunters leave too quickly.
A
Huck and Jim out­run them.
B
He figures he won't get enough of the reward money.
B
Jim is too ill to go with them.
C
He and Jim have become friends; he couldn't turn in his friend.
D
It was too much trouble.
C
The hunters get tired of waiting and leave.
D
The hunters are afraid they will catch the disease Huck's father has.
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A
B
Explain the differences between Huck and the hunters.
The hunters want money; Huck wants to do the right thing.
The hunters consider Jim as property; Huck considers Jim as a friend.
C
The hunters have Jim's best interest in mind; Huck doesn't want to lose his traveling companion.
D
a & b
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What is the bad luck in Chapter 16?
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A
Jim gets sick.
B
A steamboat runs over the raft.
C
The hunters get Jim.
D
Jim and Huck have an argument and split up.
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How does Huck get to the Grangerfords' house?
He just ends up there after jumping off the raft.
A
B
C
Jim had told him to look for the Grangerford place.
He hears some people talking about their place along the road and decides to look for it.
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Why does Twain include this adventure with the Grangerfords?
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B
C
D
All of the above.
D
Twain shows the foolish side of human nature.
Twain shows Huck's determination to set Jim free.
Twain shows the Grangerfords as a model family.
Twain shows the Shepherdsons as a model family.
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How do Jim and Huck meet the king and duke?
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Does Huck believe the king's and duke's stories?
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A
They are cousins of the Grangerfords.
A
Not at first, but he changes his mind and does believe them.
B
Huck bumps into them while picking berries.
B
Maybe at first, but he concludes they're frauds.
C
They come ashore in the same place he does.
C
D
a & b
No, and he tells Jim that he never believed them.
Because he is naive, he believes them right from the start and never changes his mind.
D
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What shows the "cleverness" of the king and duke?
A
They get money to reform other pirates.
B
They tie ropes around Jim to pretend they are "taking him in."
C
They sell twice as many tickets to their show as they have seats for and skip town without a performance.
D
a & b
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Why do the people return to the show?
A
They like it.
B
They don't want to admit they've been tricked.
C
They come for a refund.
D
They think they can steal Jim and get the reward for themselves.
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What's the point of the incident of the shooting of Boggs?
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A
It shows there are heroes in everyday life.
B
It shows the best of human nature.
C
It points out many weaknesses in human character.
D
It furthers the subplot of Jim's quest for freedom.
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They base it on a book they read.
B
A young man by the side of the river sparks the idea.
D
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Why do we hear about Jim's daughter Lizabeth?
A
It shows Jim is a good father and compassionate man.
B
It shows Jim has no respect for family.
C
It shows that people always get what they deserve.
D
It sets up a comparison between Lizabeth and Twain's own childhood.
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Where do the king and duke get their plan about being the Wilks brothers?
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C
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Huck remembers a story Tom had told. When he tells it to the king and duke, they apply it to their current situation.
They heard about the facts of the case in the last village they worked.
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