| A | B |
|---|
| dismal | gloomy; depressing |
| notion | theory; belief |
| raspy | harsh; grating |
| seedy | shabby; run-down |
| skiff | small boat; flat-bottomed rowboat |
| thrash | to strike; to beat |
| victuals | food |
| Miss Watson's sister | Widow Douglas |
| irony | the contrast between what appears to be true and is actually true, |
| satire | is a kind of literature that tries to open people’s eyes to the need for change by exposing the flaws |
| Satirists’ main weapon is | humor |
| blackguard | to insult |
| crockery | china |
| check or money order | draft |
| flapdoodle | nonsense |
| mesmerism | hypnotism |
| lower part of a roof | eaves |
| easily excited | flighty |
| garret | attic |
| hew | to cut |
| impudent | sassy; impolite |
| row | fuss; argument |
| singular | unusual; curious |
| sultry | exceedingly hot |
| What is the source of the fortune that Judge Thatcher is keeping in trust for Huck? | A robber’s stash that Huck and Tom found in a cave |
| At the end of the novel, which character informs the others that Jim is actually a free man? | Tom |
| Which of the following symbolizes bad luck to Huck and Jim? | A shed snakeskin |
| Which Wilks sister is initially suspicious of Huck? | Joanna |
| How does Huck know that Pap has returned to St. Petersburg? | He sees Pap’s boot print in the snow |
| What is the name of the wrecked steamboat on which Huck and Jim encounter the robbers? | The Walter Scott |
| What is Jim’s initial destination when he and Huck start downriver? | The Ohio River |
| Where does Huck hide the Wilks family gold? | In Peter Wilks’s coffin |
| Down which river do Huck and Jim travel? | The Mississippi |
| What event sets off the final gunfight between the Shepherdsons and the Grangerfords? | Sophia Grangerford’s elopement with a Shepherdson |
| How do Huck and Jim initially acquire the raft? | They find it during a flood. |
| What does the “witch pie” that Huck and Tom bake for Jim contain? | A rope ladder |
| How do the duke and the dauphin dress Jim so that he can stay on the raft without being tied up? | As a sick Arab |
| What is the name of the town where Huck, Jim, and Tom live at the novel’s opening? | St. Petersburg |
| Why does Jim run away from Miss Watson’s? | She is planning to sell him, which would separate him from his family. |
| What charm does Jim wear around his neck that he says cures sickness? | A five-cent piece |
| Temperance” refers to the movement designed to abolish what? | alcohol |
| What kind of animal does Huck kill as part of the plot to fake his own death? | pig |
| Who finally tells Huck that Pap is dead? | Jim |
| Who gets shot in Jim’s final “escape”? | Tom |
| Where does Huck go after Sherburn disperses the lynch mob? | to the circus |
| What is Mark Twain’s real name? | Samuel Clemens |
| How does Tom travel to the Phelps farm? | By steamboat |
| Where does Huck intend to go at the novel’s end? | The West |
| Huck sees some track in the snow and knows that his father is back in town. He asks Jim to consult a magic trinket to find out what Pap would do and what Huck should do. What trinket does Jim consult? | a hair ball |
| Why did Pap come looking for Huck? | He heard Huck had money and he wanted to get his hands on it. |
| Jim and Huck were heading for Cairo, a city at the southern tip of Illinois, so they could get on the Ohio River and head up through the free states. Why didn't they ever get there? | They passed Cairo in the thick fog. |
| When Huck got to the Phelps' farm to try and get Jim back, Mrs Phelps mistook him for another young man who was supposed to be paying a visit. Who did she think Huck was? | Tom |
| What secret did Tom keep from Huck and Jim during | Jim was already a free man. |
| Huck went to stay with whom while still in Missouri? | Widow Douglas |
| Boggs usually came to town for what? | monthly drinking day |
| Whose was the body in the house floating down the river? | Pap |
| What is the name of the play that the Duke, King, and Huck put on while trying to raise money? | Shakespearean Revival. |
| What do Huck and Jim plan to do once they reach Cairo, Illinois? | "borrow" things from the townspeople. |
| How did the raft get destroyed? | hit by a ferry boat |
| With whom did Sophia Grangerford run off with? | Harney Shepherdson |
| Hucks pretend name as the British brother of peter Wilks | Adolphus |
| Tom's aunt. She shows up at the end of the play to see what tricks Tom has been playing | Aunt Polly |
| member of Toms robber band | Ben Rogers |
| Drunk man who insults Col. Sherburn and is later killed by him | Boggs |
| Youngest Grangeford son. Friend of Huck who is killed in the feud | Buck Grangeford |
| rallys mob to kill Col. Sherburn after Sherburn kills Boggs | Buck Harkness |
| Invites Huck to live with his family. He is killed in a feud | Col. Grangeford |
| The only man who recognizes that the king and Duke are frauds | Doctor Robinson |
| Grangeford daughter who passes away before Huck's arrival | Emmeline Grangeford |
| Fake name that huck uses when living with the Grangefords | George Jackson |
| runs away with Miss Sophia Grangeford | Harney Shepardson |
| British brother whom king impersonates until the real Wilks arrives | Harvey Wilks |
| a run away slave who accompanies Huck down the Mississippi River | Jim |
| one of the robbers on the shipwrecked steamboat | Jim Turner |
| Youngest daughter of George Wilks. She has a harelip. | Joanna Wilks |
| A member of Tom's robber band | Joe Harper |
| Fights to protect Hucks money from pap | Judge Thatcher |
| Lawyer who tries to get the Wilks fortune | Levi Bell |
| The British brother of Peter Wilks whom the Duke impersonates until the real one arrives | William Wilks |
| Eldest Wilks daughter. She has red hair. She is convince that the King is her uncle until Huck tells her the truth. Huck is in love with her. | Mary Jane Wilks |
| Daughter of Col. Grangeford who runs off w/ Harney Shepardson restarting the feud | Miss Sophia Grangeford |
| Sister of the Widow Douglas. Tries to teach Huck to read and write | Miss Watson |
| Huck visits her to gather news while pretending to be a girl | Mrs. Judith Loftus |
| Hucks abusive, alcoholic, broke father who returns to claim custody of Huck. He is the reason Huck runs away | Pap |
| the dead man whose brother the King impersonates | Peter Wilks |
| Fake name of the king when addressing Tim Collins | Rev. Elexander Blodgett |
| Tom Sawyers aunt. She is married to Silas and mistakes Huck for Tom | Sally Phelps |
| Tom Sawyers uncle, and the farmer who purchases Jim from the King for $40 | Silas Phelps |
| Tom's younger brother | Sid Sawyer |
| Second eldest daughter of Wilks | Susan Wilks |
| Con man who invents the royale Nonesuch | The Duke |
| The older of the two con men who Huck is forced to travel with | The King |
| young man who tells Wilks whole story to King | Tim Collins |
| The eldest son of the Grangeford family | Tom Grangeford |
| Hucks best friend who loves make believe | Tom Sawyer |
| takes Huck in and tries to civilize him | Widow Douglas |
| The most prominent representative of the hypocritical religious and ethical values. | Miss Watson |
| The protagonist and narrator of the novel. Influenced by others. | Huck |
| Tom Sawyer's aunt and uncle, whom Huck coincidentally encounters in his search for Jim after the con men have sold him. | Silas and Sally Phelps |
