Transcript The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
Chapters 6-10
Chapter 6 – Question 1
 Why does Pap kidnap Huck, and
where does he take him?
 Pap kidnaps Huck to show the Widow
Douglass who Huck’s boss is.
 Pap takes Huck to an old log hut on the
Illinois shore.
Question 2
 What does Huck enjoy about being with his father?
 Huck enjoys not being “civilized.”
 He says it was lazy and jolly. He could smoke, fish, and cuss.
He did not have to go to school, take a bath, or wear clean
clothes.
 What does Huck not get used to?
 Huck does not enjoy the beatings because Pap became to
handy with a hickory switch. He also locked him up for hours
and days at a time when he went to town to get drunk.
Question 3
 When he is locked up, how does Huck try
to get out of the cabin?
 Huck cannot get out of the cabin. The window is
not big enough for a dog, he can’t climb the
“chimbly” because it is too narrow, and the door
has thick oak slabs.
 He does use a rusty saw without a handle and
saws a section out of the cabin wall where Pap
cannot see.
Question 4
 What does Pap complain about when he returns
drunk from town?
 Pap returns from town and complains about the “gov’ment” and
the law. He complains about Judge Thatcher threatening to take
his own son away from him now that Huck is old enough to do
something for him.
 Pap is angered about a “mulatter” and shows his prejudice and
bad character. He was complaining about the man being given
the right to vote. The “mulatter” was a college professor who
was well-dressed and intelligent. Pap says he would vote if he
weren’t too drunk when election day came around.
Question 5
 Who is the Angel of Death? Discuss this
incident.
 In Pap’s drunken state, he calls Huck the Angel of
Death.
 He attacks Huck in the cabin with a knife and tries to
kill him.
 Huck eventually escapes when Pap, who is tired out
from chasing him, falls asleep.
 Huck gets the loaded gun down and points it toward
Pap and fell asleep waiting for Pap to stir again.
Chapter 7 – Question 1
 What does Huck plan to do with the
canoe he finds?
 Huck considered giving the canoe to Pap, but he
decided to hide it for his escape.
Question 2
 Why does Huck not want to be with
either Pap or the Widow Douglass?
 Huck does not want to be with Pap because he is
abusive and a drunk. Life with Pap is lonely when
he gets closed up in the cabin.
 Huck does not want to live with the Widow
Douglass because she is too civilized, and he does
not feel comfortable in that environment either.
Question 3
 Discuss Huck’s escape. Be specific: methods, plans, and
destination.
 Pap goes to town to sell logs and Huck escapes.
 He gets out of a hole in the cabin wall that he had sawed. He
cleans out the place, shoots a pig, smashes the door with an ax,
and cuts the pig’s throat with ax allowing it to bleed on the
ground in the cabin. He drags sacks with rocks to river (Huck’s
“body”), puts his hair on a bloody ax, dumps the pig corpse in the
river, and leaves a trail of corn meal out to the lack (“tracks” of
killers). He then takes the canoe to Jackson’s Island.
Chapter 8 – Question 1
Why is the cannon being fired?
The cannon was fired over the
water’s surface to make Huck’s
“carcass” rise to the top of the river.
Question 2
 How does the superstition with the
quicksilver/ bread come true?
 Superstition stated that quicksilver put in
loaves of bread and floated on the water
would go to a “drownded” carcass and stop.
 Huck caught the second loaf that came by
and ate it. Ironically, the bread had “found”
him.
Question 3
 After nearly tripping over a snake,
what does Huck discover that scares
him?
 After tripping over a snake, Huck discovers
ashes of a campfire still smoking.
 Someone had recently been there.
Question 4
 Who does Huck find, and what
does this person believe Huck to
be?
 Huck finds Jim on the island.
 Jim believes Huck is a ghost because he
has heard about Huck’s “murder.”
Question 5
 Why is Huck no longer lonesome? Why is
this person (#4) on the island? How does
Huck react to this news?
 He is no longer lonesome because he finds Jim.
 Jim is on the island. He runs off because Miss
Watson treats him “pooty rough” and was going to
sell him to New Orleans.
 Huck says people may call him an abolitionist, but
he won’t tell.
Question 6
 Discuss superstition: birds, hairy
arms/ breast.
 Birds flying in a pattern or formation and
chickens indicate rain.
 Catching a bird will cause a death.
 Hairy arms and breast indicates that you
will someday be rich.
Question 7
 Why does Jim feel that he is rich?
 Jim says he is rich because he now
“owns” himself.
 He would have been worth $800.00 to
Miss Watson if he had been sold.
Chapter 9 – Question 1
Where do Jim and Huck take
shelter?
Huck and Jim take shelter in a
cavern.
Question 2
 Describe the flooding of the river.
How deep was the flooding?
 The river levels rose for ten or twelve
days until it spilled over the banks.
 The water was three or four foot deep
on the island in the low places and on
the Illinois bottom.
Question 3
What does Jim discover in the
floating house?
Inside the floating house, Jim finds a
dead man who is naked and shot in
the back.
Question 4
 Why will he not let Huck see it?
 Jim tells Huck not to look at the man’s
face. He says it is “too gashly.”
 He quickly covers the body with some
old rags, and Huck turns to investigate
other items on the house.
Question 5
 What kinds of things do Huck and Jim take from
the floating house?
 Items include: old greasy cards, whiskey bottles, masks,
pictures made with charcoal, dirty calico dresses, a sun
bonnet, women’s underclothes, men’s clothing, straw hat
milk bottle with a rag stopper, an old chest, an old hair
trunk with the hinges broken, an old tin lantern, a butcher
knife, candles, a tin candlestick, a gourd, a tin cup, a bedquilt, pins, thread, needles, a hatchet, some nails, a fish line
with hooks, a dog collar, a horseshoe, vials of medicine, a
curry comb, a fiddle bow, and a wooden leg.
Chapter 10 – Question 1
 Why does Jim not want to talk
about the dead man?
 Jim says it is bad luck to talk about a
dead man.
Question 2
 What joke does Huck play on
Jim?
 Huck found a rattlesnake and killed it,
and curled it up at the foot of Jim’s
sleeping blanket.
Question 3
 What happens as a result of Huck’s joke?
 Jim goes to bed. The snake’s mate finds the dead
rattlesnake and bites him. Jim is deliriously ill
for four days and nights.
 Huck does not let him know that it is his fault,
but he is remorseful.
 Jim blames this bad luck on Huck’s touching a
snakeskin earlier.
Question 4
 Who is Hank Bunker, and why does Huck
consider him foolish?
 Hank Bunker looked at the new moon over his
left shoulder. He does it and then brags about it.
 In less than two years, he got drunk and fell off
the shot-tower and spread himself out so he was a
kind of layer. They slid him edgeways between
two barn doors for a coffin and buried him.
Question 5
 Describe Huck’s appearance
when he goes on shore to get
information.
 Huck went to shore for information
dressed as a girl. This shows how willing
Huck is to effect a new identity even
for a short time.