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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. How do they all make good their escape from the villagers in Chapter 23?

2. Huck's narrative includes the words: "but I was over the shoal water now." This is an example of what sort of figurative language?

3. Why are loaves of bread floating down the river?

4. How many logs worth selling do Pap and Huck find?

5. How does Huck augment his and Jim's diet of river fish and shot waterfowl?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Twain satirize popular literature in Chapter 17?

2. How does Huck discover that the local authorities are in pursuit of Jim?

3. Comment on Huck's experience of prayer in Chapter 3.

4. What is the psychological card Colonel Sherburn plays so successfully during the confrontation?

5. How does Twainagain explore the idea of conscience in Chapter 23?

6. Comment upon Huck's observation that, in the present situation, "the truth is better, and actuly safer, than a lie."

7. What is Huck's initial attitude towards Jim?

8. What important difference between Huck and Jim is suggested during the conversation about King Solomon?

9. What does Chapter 4 show the reader about Huckleberry Finn's character?

10. How do Jim and Huck survive as they travel down the river on the raft?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Romantic imagination can be creative. In the character of Tom Sawyer, it is merely imitative. Discuss with close reference to the text.

Essay Topic 2

What are the main types of conflict in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? Identify two areas of conflict in the novel (these could be internal and/or external conflicts) and discuss the importance of these for the novel as a whole. Make close reference to the text.

Essay Topic 3

This novel shows readers a series of communities in which behavior borders on the barbaric and living conditions are frequently very basic. Do you agree? Discuss this statement, making detailed reference to the text in support of your own original thinking.

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