Transcript Document 7160936

The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn
TEST REVIEW
1. Mark Twain first published this novel in
what year?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
1700
1774
1802
1884
1902
2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn can
best be described as
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A social commentary
An epic
An abolitionist novel
A humor novel
A biography
3. Which is NOT one of the purposes for the Notice that
Twain gives before the book begins?
A. He is being satirical, a type of humor he uses
frequently.
B. He is warding off literary critics who might be eager to
dissect Twain's work.
C. He is trying to dispel potential controversy he knows
his work might create.
D. None of the Above
E. All of the Above
4. Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer each received
$____ when they found the money that the
robbers had hidden in the cave
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
$10,000
$6,000
$1,000
$100
$60
5. What character does Huck Finn live with
in the opening chapters?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Jim
Aunt Polly
Tom Sawyer
Widow Douglas
Judge Thatcher
6. Tom Sawyer has Huck and the other
boys form a band of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Pirates
Musicians
Robbers
Beggars
Marauders
7. Huck’s Pap returns because he
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Misses his son
Wants revenge on Judge Thatcher
Wants Huck’s money
Plans to marry the Widow Douglas
All of the above
8. Huck murders what animal to convince
the town that he has been murdered?
A. Pig
B. Cow
C. Bear
D. Chicken
E. Rabbit
9. All of the following are used to find dead
bodies in the river except
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Bread filled with mercury
Firing a cannon over the surface of the river
Divers
Dragging the river with nets
Lookouts on a boat
10. When Jim first sees Huck Finn on
Jackson’s Island, he thinks Huck
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Has run away from home
Has come to arrest him
Is trying to bewitch him
Is a ghost
Wants to talk him into going back
11. Jim ran away from Miss Watson because
A. He wants to be reunited with his family
B. She is planning to sell him to a slave trader
who will take him to New Orleans
C. He is tired of being a slave
D. He wants to spend time with Huck
E. The hairball predicted that he would be
lynched for Huck’s murder
12. During their travels down the river, Huck talks
to Jim about all of the following EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Women
Money
Royalty
King Solomon
Jim’s children
13. Huck pretends to be _____ when he is
caught pretending to be a girl.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
An escaped convict
An escaped apprentice
A boy running away from his abusive father
An actor
A boy running away to join the circus
14. What plan does Jim reveal to Huck about his family?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
He wants to buy his wife and children back and steal
them if he has to.
He was going to use some of Huck’s money to pay
an abolitionist to steal them for him.
He will hold Huck for ransom unless his family is
returned to him.
He knows he will never see them again so he plans
to marry and have more kids.
None of the above
15. Jim and Huck are trying to reach which
town during their trip down river?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Hannibal
New Orleans
Cairo
St. Louis
No place in particular
16. Which of the following problems do Huck and
Jim NOT experience?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Their raft is hit by a steamboat.
Jim is bitten by a rattlesnake.
Huck develops small pox.
They get separated by the fog one night.
They encounter a gang of murders on a
wrecked boat.
17. Why doesn’t Huck turn Jim in to the men
hunting five runaway slaves?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
He wasn’t man enough
He couldn’t get the words out
He wouldn’t feel any better if he told on Jim
All of the above
None of the above
18. On whose property does Huck land
after being thrown off the raft?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Shepherdson’s
Grangerford’s
Wilk’s
Phelps’s
Douglas’s
19. What is most unusual about this place
where he landed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The feud
Buck’s inability to spell
It was a double house
The house is guarded by lots of dogs
They confronted Huck with a shotgun
20. What event does Huck unwittingly lend
a hand in?
A. Miss Sophia running off to marry
Harney
B. Buck getting killed
C. The feud re-igniting
D. Buck’s cousin being shot
E. All of the above
21. The Dauphin represents what historical
character?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The son of the King of England
The son of the King of France
The son of the Duke
A famous Shakespearean actor
Son of King Richard III
22. Who is billed as playing Romeo and
Juliet in the king and duke’s fraud
against “Arkansaw”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Hamlet and Bridgewater
David Garrick and Edmund Kean
Huck and Jim
Boggs and Sherburn
The duke and Huck
23. How did the king appear on stage to the
audience during “The Royal Nonesuch”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Too nervous to say anything
Prancing on all fours while naked
Painted with polka dots
Reciting the entire monologue like a true
actor
E. Dressed as a woman
24. After the first night of “The Royal Nonesuch”
when only 12 people showed up, they added
what line to attract more of an audience?
A. Pot luck dinner to follow
B. Free admission to the first twenty
C. Featuring half-naked ladies and daring sword
fights
D. Ladies and children not admitted
E. Free liquor for the men
25. “The Royal Nonesuch” is exactly what the
name implies. The fact that it sells out is an
example of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Hyperbole
Simile
Irony
Symbolism
Allusion
26. Colonel Sherburn is
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The man who kills Boggs and single-handedly stops
an angry mob
The man who kills Boggs and has his house ripped
down by an angry mob
The man who arrests the duke and the dauphin
The man who tries to protect Boggs and runs for his
daughter
The man whose family is feuding with the
Grangerfords
27. In the town where they performed, why did the
lynching bee fail?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Sherburn ran them off with his shotgun
The crowd decided Boggs’ death wasn’t worth it
Sherburn told them they were too cowardly to do it
right
They were too busy going after the king and duke
They couldn’t find Sherburn
28. From this episode with Colonel Sherburn,
what does Huck learn about being a coward
and a man?
A. A coward is simply a follower and a true man
is a leader
B. A true man stands up for what he believes
C. A coward hides in the midst of a crowd
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
29. What disguise does the duke devise so that
Jim doesn’t need to be tied up every day?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Sick Arab painted blue
Captured runaway slave
Servant to traveling actors
Hired man to look after boy returning home
First freed slave on a lecture tour
30. How does the king get so much information
about the family of the deceased Peter
Wilks?
A. From talking to the man waiting for the
steamboat
B. By talking to Reverend Blodgett on his way to
New Orleans
C. From the people he meets in the next town
D. From eavesdropping on the man’s nieces
E. By reading the obituary in the local paper
31. When the king wins the argument between him and
the duke on whether they should leave from the
Wilks’s home right away or not, what do they plan
on doing?
A. Leaving that night and taking the money they
already scammed
B. Waiting a couple of nights to see if they could get
even more money
C. Selling all the Wilks’ property and then leaving with
all the money
D. Giving all the money back to the girls since they
begin to feel guilty
E. Hiding the money so that everyone will think it was
32. What type of accent does the king speak with
so that people will believe he is Wilk’s
brother?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
British
French
Irish
Scottish
Spanish
33. Each stop in this story has its own significance and
tells
us something new about Huck Finn. What was the
significance of the king, duke, and Huck stopping to
pose as the Wilks’ family?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
To prove that no matter how repulsive a person acts,
they can always get worse
To show Huck’s evolution from being a boy to
becoming a man
To show the ingenious nature of the people of Huck’s
time
To prove just how far some people will go to prove
their innocence even though they’re guilty
To show the reader just how vile some people in the
world can be
34. Huck Finn is growing more and more at each stop they make on
the river. In Chapter 26, he shows such growth by taking the
money from the king and the duke to give back to the nieces.
What is going down the river and making these stops
metaphoric to?
I.
The internal changes people experience
II.
Life’s many twists and turns
III.
Man’s innate goodness
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
None of the above
Only I
Both I and II
Only II
All three
35. Huck’s remark when the duke and the dauphin
pretend to be the brothers of Peter Wilks is, “It was
enough to make a body ashamed of the human
race.” This quote is an example of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Huck’s sense of humor
Huck’s shame at being white
Huck’s unwillingness to participate in society
Huck’s growing maturity and disgust with the duke
and the dauphin
All of the above
36. After taking the money from the king
and the duke, where does Huck finally
hide it?
A. Back in the cellar where they found it
B. In Joanna’s room under her bed
C. In the slaves’ cabin
D. On the raft with Jim
E. In Peter Wilks’ coffin
37. Who do the king and duke think stole
the money?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Jim and Huck
Each other
The nieces
The slaves they just sold
The widow Bartley
38. Whom does Huck finally tell about the
whole scam?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Miss Mary Jane
Doctor Robinson
The sheriff
Joanne, the hare-lip
Susan
39. What shakes up Huck’s plan to fix everything
right with the Wilkses?
A. The duke discovers Huck took the money
B. The duke, king, and Huck get arrested
C. The real Harvey and William Wilks brothers
arrive in town
D. Jim is captured by bounty hunters
E. Huck comes down with the mumps
40. Why do the people decide to dig up Peter
Wilks’s corpse?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
To see what’s tattooed on Peter’s chest
To dig up the buried gold
To make sure the right body was in the coffin
To check to see if he had six toes
To perform an autopsy
41. After they escaped from the town, who
confesses to stealing the money
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Huck
Jim
Duke
King
No one
42. Just when Huck thinks he and Jim can escape from
the duke and king, what happens?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Jim is captured because of the wanted posters they
made
The duke and king find out and tie them both up
The raft disappears down the river
Huck trips over a stump running away and breaks his
leg
The king comes back to the raft and forces Huck to
help him rob a house
43. When Huck felt like God is punishing him for
all the bad things he has done, what does
Huck do?
A. Writes a letter to Miss Watson to tell her
where to find Jim
B. He tries to pray
C. He decides “All right then, I’ll go to hell.”
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
44. During this adventure, the river has
best served as a symbol of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Commerce
Slavery
Freedom
Equality
Civilization
45. The river provided all the following
EXCEPT:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Food
Money
Transportation
Essential goods
A permanent home
46. Twain puts in a scene where Jim tells Huck about his
daughter Elizabeth in order to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Show that Jim misses his family and has identical
feelings to white people
Show that Jim is a cruel father who abuses his deaf
daughter
Show that Jim is a good father
Show that Jim does not know what it is like to be
deaf
Show Huck that Jim is not a person he should be
helping
47. Jim has been all of the following except
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Superstitious
Fake
Motherly
Hard working
A good friend
48. When Huck ends up at the Phelps’s,
who do they think he is?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Their neighbor’s son Abram Foster
Their nephew Tom Sawyer
A run-away
The thief who stole their chicken
A boy who fell off the steamboat
49. What became of the king and duke?
A. They were tarred and feathered
B. Both disappeared
C. They were still performing “The Royal
Nonesuch”
D. They got caught scamming people and put in
jail
E. They got saved and began holding legitimate
revival meetings all over the south
50. Huck assumed all the following
identities EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Tom Sawyer
Sarah Williams
Thomas Smith
George Peters
George Jackson
51. Huck pretends to be all of the following
EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A butcher’s son
An orphan
An escaped apprentice
A farmer’s son
A British servant
52. Three main symbols of the novel are:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
River, ferryboats, bread
River, witchcraft, raft
River, names, money
River, money, raft
River, places, food
53. Greed is present in all of the following
EXCEPT:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Jim’s financial investments
The selling of Jim back into slavery
Huck selling his money to the judge
Pap’s return
None of the above
54. The central conflict of the novel is:
A. Freeing Jim from slavery
B. Getting rid of the duke and the dauphin
C. Escaping the abuse suffered at the hands of
Huck’s father
D. Huck’s struggle to come to terms with himself
and society
E. Creating an adventure that would rival
anything Tom Sawyer could concoct
55. With whom does Huck seem to fall in
love?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Sarah Williams
Mary Jane Wilks
Miss Watson
Emmeline
Huck does not fall in love
56. Which paradox is NOT an inherent part of
Huck Finn’s character?
A. He has money but lives like he’s poor
B. He fully supports slavery but wants to free
Jim
C. He has a realistic approach to life but is
superstitious
D. He loves school but hates to learn
E. All of the above
57. Huck’s sense of growing maturity is best described by
which of the following quotes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
“I could a stayed if I wanted to, but I didn’t want to.”
(with the widow)
“All right, then, I’ll go to hell!” (discussing releasing
Jim from slavery)
“It was a real bully circus.” (describing a circus he
attends)
“At last she come and begun to ask me questions,
but I couldn’t answer them straight…” (explaining
why he lied to Aunt Sally)
“…she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I
can’t stand it. I’ve been there before.” (end of novel)
58. There are several revelations at the end of
the novel. Which of the following is revealed
by Tom Sawyer?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
That Huck’s Pap is in prison
That Jim is a free man
That Aunt Sally wants to adopt Huck
That the Phelps want him to stay there
That Huck plans to go back and marry his
true love
59. The final climax of Huck’s adventure occurs
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
During the feud when Buck gets killed
When Jim and Huck lose the duke and king
When the raft is run over by a steamboat
When Huck learns his Pap is dead
After he and Tom get caught stealing Jim
60. The fact that Jim knew about Huck’s Pap, but did
not tell Huck, reveals what possibilities about
Jim’s character?
A. That he felt sorry for Huck and wanted to protect
him
B. That he wanted Huck to continue to run away
with him
C. That Jim’s character is complex
D. That he didn’t want Huck to know how his
deceased father looked
E. All of the above
61. Twain sarcastically portrays religion in all of the
following ways EXCEPT:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Having Huck pray every day while living with the
widow
Having Huck’s prayers be answered
Having the Grangerfords carry their weapons with
them to church
Having the king pretend to be a pirate and then take
advantage of the congregation
Having the feud start up because of a note hidden in
the Bible
62. What is Mark Twain’s real name?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Stephen K. Foster
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Thomas S. Huckleberry
Sherburn L. Phelps
63. Where was Twain’s boyhood home?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Hannibal, Missouri
Houston, Texas
Hartford, Connecticut
Little Rock, Arkansas
New Orleans, Louisiana
64. What unusual event happened when he was
born?
A.
B.
C.
D.
He was the survivor of a set of twins
Halley’s Comet appeared that night
A solar eclipse happened
The umbilical cord was wrapped around his
neck, and he wasn’t expected to survive
E. His mother died giving birth to him
65. Mark Twain’s approach to the issue of racism
in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is that
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
He supports it wholeheartedly
He sarcastically denounces it
He attacks it directly
He does not deal with racism in Huck Finn
He follows society’s notion of that time period
that whites are superior to blacks
66. Twain’s Huck Finn has been banned for what
reason?
A. The derogatory use of the word “nigger”
B. The close relationship between Huck and Jim
C. The fear that the book would dirty children’s
minds
D. The glamorous portrayal of a child running
away from home
E. All of the above
67. The fact that Huck defers to Tom’s outlandish
plot to steal Jim reveals what about Huck’s
character?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
His journey is not truly over
Tom is smarter than Huck
Huck is not as creative as Tom
All of the above
None of the above
 68. Why is it important that Huck says, "All right then,
I'll go to hell”?
A. He has turned his back on religion which has so often
helped him.
B. He has chosen what is right according to his
conscience rather than according to social or religious
rules.
C. He has become such good friends with Jim that he
would risk the eternal happiness of his soul to do what
he thinks is right for his friend.
D. a and b
E. b and c
69. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is
narrated in the
A. third person point-of-view
B. third person omniscient point-of-view
C. first person point-of-view
D. stream of consciousness of Huck
E. none of the above
 70. What is the main difference between
Huck and Tom?
A. Huck is a dreamer; Tom is practical
B. Huck is dependable; Tom is a dreamer
C. Huck is neat; Tom is sloppy
D. Huck is irresponsible;Tom is dependable
E. none of the above