Practice Test

Practice Test 

I. True-False- Mark each statement either “A” true or “B” false. 

___A__ 1. Jim was superstitious and believed in witches. 

___B__ 2. Huck thought he was doing a virtuous deed by helping JIm to freedom. 

___B__ 3. The Duke and Dauphin were displaced royalty. 

___A__ 4. Huck preferred the Widow Douglasʼ God over Miss Watsonʼs. 

___A_ 5. Huckleberry Finn contains a social comment deeper than a simple adventure 

story. 

__B___ 6. Tom Sawyer believed in doing everything the easiest way. 

__B___ 7. Tomʼs gang followed through on the orders contained in the oath. 

__A__ 8. Jim thought he would become rich someday. 

__A__ 9. More money was made on the third performance of the “Royal Nonesuch” 

than on the first two. 

___B__ 10. Huck told the Duke and Dauphin the truth about himself and Jim. 

II. Multiple Choice- Choose the word or phrase which best completes each statement. 

___C__ 11. Jim didnʼt want Huck to see the dead manʼs face in the flooded house 

because (a) it was a mess, (b) it was Tomʼs father, (c) it was Pap, (d) heʼd been shot in 

the face. 

____B_ 12. Huck justified his stealing by saying (a) he needed it, (b) he was just 

borrowing, (c) Tom Sawyer did it, (d) the owner didnʼt need it. 

___A__ 13. Huck finally got rid of the Duke and the Dauphin when (a) they sold Jim, (b) 

they were lynched, (c) he shoved them overboard, (d) he gave them the “slip.” 

____B_ 14. The gang “ambuscaded” an encampment of A-rabs, which turned out to be 

(a) a boy scout outing, (b) a Ladiesʼ Aid tea, (c) a Sunday School picnic, (d) a circus. 

___B__ 15. Tomʼs prized trophy from the “evasion” was (a) a tin pan, (b) a bullet, (c) the 

reward money, (d) Jimʼs freedom 

___B__ 16. Huck and Jim attributed their bad luck to (a) the work of witches, (b) touching 

a snakeskin, (c) killing a spider, (d) looking at the new moon. 

___D__ 17. Peter Wilksʼ money was hidden in (a) the cellar, (b) a straw tick, (c) a coffin, 

(d) all of these. 

___B__ 18. Whenever Huck thought about helping Jim to freedom he felt (a) proud, (b) 

confused and ashamed, (c) apathetic (d) happy. 

___D__ 19. The feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons was caused by 

(a) cowardice, (b) a water rights dispute, (c) Miss Emmelineʼs marriage, (d) none of 

these. 

___D__ 20. Huck first gains respect for Jim when (a) he finds out he is free, (b) he finds 

him on the island, (c) Jim tells his fortune, (d) he played the trick on Jim. 

III. Characters: Write the name of the character described by each quote or phrase 

below. Refer to the character list and spell names correctly. Some names are used 

more than once. Not all are used. 

___Peter Wilks________________ 21. a man who is buried with a sack of gold on his chest. 

______Buck Grangerford_____________ 22. “he come in gaping and digging one fist into his eyes, and 

he was dragging a gun along with the other one” 

_________Mrs. Judith Loftus__________ 23. explains to Huck how a real girl would act 

________Jim___________24. believes his hairy chest will bring him wealth 

__________________ 25. Huck reckons “that with her disposition, (this girl) was having 

a better time in the graveyard.” 

________Colonel Sherburn___________26. believes most men are cowards who act out of fear when 

they join a mob 

_________Jack_________ 27. a slave who shows Huck a “stack of water moccasins” 

_________Miss Watson_________ 28. frees Jim in her will 

_______Tom Swayer__________  29. must do everything in a complicated way according to the 

books 

_____Doctor Robinson____________ 30. the first person to accuse the king and the duke of being 

frauds trying to cheat Peter Wilksʼ rightful heirs 

_________Boggs________ 31. a drunkard shot down in the street at 1 p.m. 

_________Joanna Wilks________ 32. the sister with the harelip

_________Harney Shepherdson________ 33. leaves a note for his girlfriend in a Bible in church 

________The king_________ 34. cheats people out of their money by impersonating a reformed 

pirate 

_________________ 35. Huck says, “And when it comes to beauty and goodness too, 

she lays over them all.” 

__________Huckelberry Finn_______36. he canʼt pray a lie 

______Pap Finn__________ 37. a man whose corpse Jim wonʼt let Huck see 

________________38. decides to “light out for the territory” to escape civilization 

____________Aunt Sally___ 39. wonders what has happened to her silver spoons 

______Levi Bell_________ 40. the lawyer who suggests digging up a corpse 

______Sophia Grangerford_________ 41. like Juliet, she falls in love with a member of a family that her 

own family hates 

______Miss Watson_________ 42. caretaker of Huckʼs money 

_______________ 43. if the advice of this fraud had been followed, he and partner 

would have made away with almost $6,000 

_______________ 44. her appearance at the Phelpsʼ farm ends the impersonating of 

Huck and Tom 

_______________ 45. wears a bullet around his neck on a watch-guard for a watch 

______Pap_________ 46. a man who makes Huck want to go to school 

________The Duke of Bridgewater _______ 47. gives vital information to the king so that the king can 

impersonate a Wilks brother 

______Jim Turner___________ 48. one of the men whose greed leaves him aboard a sinking 

ship. 

Character List 

Huck Finn" " " " " The Duke of Bridgewater 

Pap Finn" " " " " The King 

Tom Sawyer" " " " " Boggs 

Judge Thatcher" " " " Colonel Sherburn 

Miss Watson"" " " " Tim Collins 

Widow Douglas" " " " “Adolphus” 

“Sarah Mary Williams”" " " Peter Wilks 

“George Peters”" " " " George Wilks 

Mrs. Judith Loftus" " " " Harvey Wilks 

Jim Turner" " " " " William Wilks 

Jake Packard" " " " Mary Jane Wilks 

Bill" " " " " " Joanna Wilks 

“George Jackson”" " " " Levi Bell 

Colonel Grangerford" " " Dr. Robinson 

Buck Grangerford" " " " Aunt Sally 

Emmeline Grangerford" " " Silas Phelps 

Sophia Grangerford"" " " “William Thompson” 

Harney Shepherdson" " " “Tom Sawyer” 

Jack" " " " " " “Sid Sawyer” 

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