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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Huck confess to Aunt Sally in Chapter 41?
2. What prevents Jim from being hanged?
3. How had Tom planned to compensate Jim for the problems he caused him?
4. What does Jim throw out the window in Chapter 37?
5. What injury has the real William Wilks sustained?
Short Essay Questions
1. Is there any way in which Tom Sawyer's character appears a little unpleasant at this point in the novel (by Chapter 35)?
2. In what way does the opening paragraph of Chapter 31 foreshadow following events?
3. What happens to expose the King's lie about his arrival in the town?
4. By Chapter 38, what is Jim's attitude to the efforts being made on his behalf?
5. What final absurdity does Tom attempt in Chapter 40?
6. When responding Chapter 42, what conclusion is it possible to make concerning a romantic view of the world?
7. Account for the way the townspeople now view Jim as some sort of lunatic in Chapter 41.
8. What steps in Huck's journey to maturity are dealt with Chapter 31?
9. How does Aunt Sally respond to Huck's information about the way the boys entered and exited via the lightning rod?
10. In what way does Huck get more than he's bargained for at the Phelps farm?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the important differences between the characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, as presented in the first four chapters of the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Much of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is satirical. Identify two satirical targets in the novel and demonstrate your understanding of Twain's satirical technique in presenting his point of view. Write an essay of discussion. Remember that satirical targets can be individual people, groups of people, institutions, ideologies, attitudes.
Essay Topic 3
There are many scenes in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in which a clash of values occurs. Discuss two character's whose values clash and how this clash affects the plot.
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