The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1 | Chapter 2

1. How did Tom and Huck become rich?

2. Why does Huck lose interest in Moses?

3. What is the 'good place' to which Miss Watson keeps referring?

4. Name the figurative language used in "the wind was trying to whisper something to me."

5. In his stories, what does Jim tell people about his five-cent piece?

6. What idea is it that Huck and his friends don't fully understand [when forming their gang and making plans]?

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 3 | Chapter 4

1. What is Huck's reaction to the widow's prayer?

2. Whose idea of the after-life does Huck favor?

3. Which people did Huck and Tom intend to ambush?