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All Study Guide Questions

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Small group jigsaw study guide questions


Chapters 1-4 will be read and discussed by the class.
Study Guide for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
*Study Guide, Chapters 1-4
Read Chapters 1-4 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and answer the following questions
Chapters 1-4: The Hypocrisy of Civilization or why Transcendentalists flee to the woods Part
1. What is Twain trying to imply with Huck's statement concerning the Widow Douglas, "And she took snuff, too; of course that was all right, because she done it herself?"
2
. What do you learn about Huck from the incident of the spider?
3. What does Huck's itching while hiding indicate?
4. What does Tom laying five cents on the table for three candles show about his character?
5. What is the real reason that Jim likes to tell I the story about the witches?
6. How do Tom Sawyer and the boys form their band and what are some of their problems?
7. What was the thing that Huck couldn't understand about prayer?
8. What event shows Huck to be somewhat gullible?
9. Why does Huck want to give Judge Thatcher all his money?
10. For what purpose does Huck go to Jim?




Study Guide Chapters 5-7
Read Chapters 5-7 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and answer the following questions.
1. What brought Huck's father to see him?
2. What attitude does the new judge take concerning Huck's father?
3.What was the result of the new judge's experiment with Pap?
4.What did the judge reckon a body would need to reform Pap?
5. What does Huck find at Pap's cabin and what does he plan to do?
6. What is the irony in Pap's fury about the educated black man?
7. Why doesn't Huck leave intially?
8. What does Huck find at the river?
9. What are the details of his escape?
10. What was Huck's destination once he was in the canoe?




*Study Guide, Chapters 8-11
Read Chapters 8-11 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and answer the following questions
Chapters 8-11: What Transcendentalists must do to survive in civilization
1. Why was the ferry-boat firing the cannon?.

A1: The ferry-boat what firing the cannon to make Huck Finn's body float to the surface after he thought to have drowned.
2.
How did Huck's escape contribute to the escape of Jim?

A2: They make hiding places to prevent from being seen by visitors after finding out Jim was going to be sold to a slave trader for 800 dollars.
3. How does Huck find Jim?

A3: Huck was exploring the island and Jim saw him and thought he was a ghost
4. Why did Huck and Jim move into the cave?

A4: Because they thought they'd be seen by visitors.
5. What did they get from the floating house?

A5: A dead man who was shot in the back.
6. What did Huck find in the clothes?

A6: Snakeskin shed.
7. What bad luck did Huck attribute to touching a snakeskin?

A7: Jim gets bit by a rattlesnake after Huck makes a joke by putting a dead one near him as he was sleeping.
8. How did Huck disguise himself to go to town?

A8: He disguises himself as a girl.
9. What did Huck find out from the woman?

A9: That Jim has been accused for Hucks "death" and they have bounty on him.
10. From reading these chapters, would you say superstition or religion is more important to Huck?

A10: Superstition




*Study Guide, Chapters 12-16
Read chapters 12-16 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and answer the following questions
Chapters 12-16: Abolition vs. Ablution
1. Why does Huck say that it's O.K. to "borrow" things?
2. Why does Huck want to help the tied-up man on the Walter Scott?
3. Who did Huck get to go to the wreck?
4. What happened to the Walter Scott?
5. What is Jim's attitude toward King Solomon?
6. What trick does Huck play on Jim and how does it make Jim feel?
7. What does Jim plan to do when he's free?
8. Huck's conscience is bothering him. What does he plan to do?
9. How does Huck trick the slave hunters? What is his reward?
10. What happens at Cairo?




*Study Guide, Chapters 17-20
Read chapters 17-20 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and answer the following questions
Chapters 17-20: Gothic Elements, Origin of Intolerance Part 2, Why Transcendentalists do not like civilization Part 3a
1. What happens to the raft?
2. Who takes Huck into his home?
3. Who is Emmeline?
4. What caused the feud that's going on?
5. What's the irony of the sermon?
6. Who are the only members of the feuding families specifically mentioned as saved from the massacre?
7. Why does Huck say that there is no home like a raft?
8. What did Huck conclude about the King and the Duke?
9. How does the King make money at the camp meeting?
10. What does the Duke do at the printing office?




*Study Guide, Chapters 21-23
Read chapters 21-23 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and answer the following questions
Chapters 21-23: Local Color Fiction and Origins of Intolerance Part 3
1. Summarize the description of the town at the beginning of Chapter 21?
2. How is Colonel Sherburn described?
3. How do the townspeople react to the killing committed by Colonel Sherburn?
4.Briefly summarize what Huck sees at the circus
5.Brielfy describe what Huck feels about what he sees at the circus.
6. How does the King's and Duke's show compare to the circus?
7. What happens on the third night of the Royal Nonesuch performances?
8. What do Huck and Jim conclude about the Duke and King after the Royal Nonesuch performances?
9. Why is Jim sad about his daughter?





*Study Guide, Chapters 24-29
Read chapters 24-29 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and answer the following questions
Chapters 24-29: Why Transcendentalists do not like civilization Part 3b
1. What do the Duke and King do that is enough to make Huck ashamed of the whole human race?
2. What is Huck's attitude toward the townspeople who accept the King and Duke as the Wilk's relatives?
3. What is Dr. Robinson's perception ot the King and the Duke?
4. Why do the girls make Huck feel so ashamed?
5. How does the King get his hands on the inheritance money?
6. Why does Huck refuse to expose the frauds at once?
7. Why does Huck decide to steal the money?
8. Where does he ride it?
9. Why is the crowd laughing and shouting as they bring the second set of Wilk's brothers to the square?
10. What disappointment does Huck face at the end of Chapter 29?


 

*Study Guide, Chapters 30-33
Read chapters 30-33 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and answer the following questions
*Study Guide, Chapters 30-33
Chapters 30-33: Why Transcendentalists do not like civilization Part 3c
1. What quarrel takes place on the raft?
2. How does Huck explain the situation?
3. What schemes do the Duke and King try to make money?
4. What are the circumstances that enable Huck to "part company" with the Duke and King?
5. When Huck reaches the Phelp's plantation, whom do they mistake him for?
6. How does Huck find out who he is supposed to be?
7. What future problem does this create?
8. When Huck meetsTom, how does he explain the situation?
9. What do they (Huck and Tom) decide to do, and why is Huck surprised at Tom?
10. How did Jim reveal the truth about the Duke and King, and what was the result?




Chapters 34-39

  1. Why does Huck allow Tom in on the escape plot?
  2. What difference does Tom and Huck's beliefs about "stealing"
  3. From the previous chapter and this one, explain why Tom Sawyer is frustrated about rescuing Jim.reveal about their respective characters?
  4. In your opinion, what is Twain's purpose in including Tom's plans?
  5. Explain what little Jim would have to do to escape.
  6. Explain how Jim is supposed to keep a journal. (What is his paper and what is his ink?)
  7. Explain why Uncle Silas visits Jim in the shed every day or two.
  8. Although Jim doesn't see the sense in Tom's plan, explain why he'll go along with it..
  9. Explain how long Jim has been kept in captivity working on his escape.
  10. Explain what it is called when a prisoner of style escapes.



    Chapters 40-43
  11. Explain how long Jim has been kept in captivity working on his escape.    Thirty seven years. 
  12. Explain why Old Mrs. Hotchkiss thinks that Jim is crazy. Because Jim made a rag ladder. 
  13. Why was Tom "the gladdest of all because he had a bullet in the calf of his leg"?  Because he has now a bullet wound and a scar on his leg.
  14. What is the irony of the doctor's comment about Jim?  The irony is that the doctor says that Jim is a very good man, but turns him in.
  15. Explain what Tom has known about Jim all along to help Jim.  He has known that Jims owner has let him go and Jim was free. 
  16. Explain Tom’s reason for putting Jim through the escape plan.  Toms reason for putting Jim through the escape plan was just that he was looking for adventures and thrill 
  17. Explain what Huck finally understands about Tom.  Huck finally understands Toms seek for adventures. 
  18. Explain Tom’s future plans for Jim.  His future plans for Jim are to take him up the river and prepare a celebration. 
  19. Explain where Huck is going at the end of the story.  Huck is going to avoid his aunt Sally. 
  20. Approximately when did Pap die?  Pap approximately died when the others saw a house which float down the river.

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