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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. In what way is Huck's time with his father spoiled?

2. What does Huck do with his money?

3. What is one symbol that the fog represents?

4. Why is Huck feeling "mean and miserable" in Chapter 15?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Huck ashamed of his humanity in Chapter 24?

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

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

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

5. Why is Huck not overly concerned about the auction of the Wilks property?

6. How might Pappy's rejection of Huck's achievements at school be explained?

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

8. How do readers know that Huck feels deeply for Mary Jane?

9. In Chapter 13, why does Huck again find it necessary to adopt a disguise?

10. How does Joanna demonstrate that she has intelligence and a healthy skepticism?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Since The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published, much discussion has focused on the significance of the river/shore contrast. In a fluent essay, explain your personal response to this. What do you think is important about the river and in what important ways does it contrast with the shore?

Essay Topic 2

The action in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn teeters between the comic and the tragic. Do you agree? Refer to specific incidents.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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