The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Quizzes

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Quiz 1

1 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in:
1800

1884

1700

1774
2 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn can best be described as:
an abolitionist novel

an epic

a social commentary

a humor novel
3 Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer each received ________ dollars when they found money that the robbers had hidden in the cave:
12,000 dollars

3,000 dollars

no money

6,000 dollars
4 Huck's Pap returns because he:
wants Huck's money

misses his son

wants revenge on Judge Thatcher

all of the above
5 When Jim first sees Huck Finn on the island, he thinks Huck:
is trying to bewitch him

has run away from home

is a ghost

has come to arrest him
6 Jim runs away from Miss Watson because:
he is tired of being a slave

he wants to be re-united with his family

he wants to spend time with Huck

she is planning to sell him to a slave trader who will take him to New Orleans
7 During their travels down the river, Huck talks to Jim about all of the following except:
money

royalty

King Solomon

women
8 Tom Sawyer has the other boys form a band of:
robbers

pirates

beggars

seducers
9 Huck escapes to Jackson Island and discovers that:
Jim is there

it is deserted

Pa is there

Miss Watson is there
10 Mark Twain's approach to the issue of racism in Huckleberry Finn is that:
he does not deal with the issue of racism in Huckleberry Finn.

he supports it.

he attacks it directly.

he sarcastically denounces it.
11 The river best serves as a symbol of which of the following?
commerce

freedom

slavery

equality
12 The river provides all of the following except:
transportation

money and goods

food

a permanent home
13 Jim is all of the following except:
hard-working

motherly

superstitious

foolish
14 The narrator of the story is:
Pa

Jim

Tom

Huck
15 Huck assumes all of the following identities except:
Tom Sawyer

Sarah Williams

George Peters

Thomas Smith
16 Three main symbols are the:
river, witchcraft, raft

river, names, money

river, money, raft

river, ferryboats, bread
17 Jim is which of the following during the course of the novel?
a runaway slave

Huck's friend

a free man

all of the above
18 Greed is present in all of the following except:
Jim's financial investments.

The selling of Jim back into slavery.

Pa's return.

The floating bread with quicksilver inside it.
19 Huck pretends to be _______ when he is caught pretending to be a girl:
an escaped apprentice

an escaped convict

a boy running away from his abusive father

an actor
20 The Dauphin represents what historical character?
a famous actor

the son of the King of England

the son of the King of France

the son of the Duke
21 The central conflict of the novel is:
getting rid of the Duke and the Dauphin

Huck Finn's internal struggle to come to terms with himself and society

freeing Jim from slavery

escaping Pa
22 The Duke and the Dauphin are primarily:
actors

thieves

beggars

charletans
23 With whom does Huck start to fall in love in the novel?
Miss Watson

Sarah Williams

Mary Jane Wilks

Huck does not fall in love
24 From which family do the Duke and the Dauphin try to steal the inheritance?
The Grangerfords

The Wilks

The Shepherdsons

The Phelps
25 Which paradox is inherent in Huck Finn's character?
he fully supports slavery but wants to free Jim.

he loves school but hates to learn.

he hates money but wants to be rich.

he has a realistic approach to life but is superstitious.