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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. Where does Colonel Sherburn stand to protect himself in Chapter 22?

2. How does Huck escape from the cabin he has been locked in for three days?

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

4. What was Peter Wilks's occupation?

5. Why are the streets of the 'one horse town' empty?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what ways are the scoundrels able to gain favor with the Wilks girls and the townsfolk?

5. Comment on the capacity for fantasy possessed by each main character as seen by Chapter 2 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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

7. Why does Huck consider moving the money from its hiding-place in Peter Wilks' coffin?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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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