Study Guide for the Study of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Study Guide for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Chapters 1-11

1. Identify: Huck Finn Tom Sawyer Jim Miss Watson Widow Douglas Pap

2. Why doesn’t Huck get along with Miss Watson and Widow Douglas?

3. What does Huck think about religion? Specifically: The Good Place The Bad Place Prayer

4. Name at least two times Huck talks about superstition:

5. Why does Pap try to get Huck back again?

6. Why did Huck give his money to Judge Thatcher?

7. Describe what Pap Finn looks like. What kind of person is he?

8. What is Huck’s attitude toward his father?

9. Why does Pap yell at Huck for becoming civilized?

10. Compare Huck’s two escapes. Why did he run away from the Widow Douglas and from Pap later on?

11. What purpose does Huck’s death serve?

12. How does Huck meet Jim on Jackson’s Island? Why is Jim there?

13. What is the two story house that floats by?

14. How are the townspeople superstitious? Jim? Huck?

15. Compare and contrast Huck and Jim. How are they alike? How are they different?

16. Why does Huck go ashore dressed as a girl?

17. How do you know Huck and Jim are friends by the end of Chapter XI?

18. How do the Widow Douglas and Pap represent two opposing lifestyles for Huck? What are two advantages for each?