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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Study Guide Chapter One – “Civilizing Huck” 1. What can the reader infer about Huck from the way he talks? 2. What is a “stretcher”? 3. Why does Mark Twain begin Huck Finn with a reference to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer? 4. How does Huck feel about being “civilized”? 5. Why does Huck return to the Widow Douglas? 6. What is Moses’ story and what is the parallel to Huck Finn? 7. Why does Huck prefer the “bad” place to the “good” place? Chapter Two – “The Boys Escape Jim” 1. What trick does Tom play on Jim and how does Huck feel about it? 2. Tom steals three candles and leaves five cents. What is suggested about Tom’s morality? 3. How does Jim react to Tom’s trick? Why is discussion of Jim’s reaction included? 4. If you were going to join Tom’s gang, what would you have to do? 5. On what does Tom base the organization and rules of the gang? Chapter Three – A Good Going-Over” 1. How are Huck’s episodes with Miss Watson concerning Providence and his A-rab genie related? 2. Why does Huck resign from the gang? 3. Why does Twain include the paragraph about the drowned man in this chapter? Three or four months pass – it’s winter Chapter Four – “Huck and the Judge” 1. In what way is Huck getting so he liked the widow’s way “a little bit”? 2. Why does Huck “sell” his fortune to Judge Thatcher? 3. What does the “hair-ball- tell Jim about Huck’s future? Chapter Five – “Huck’s Father” 1. Describe Pap. 2. How does Pap feel about Huck’s attending school? 3. How does the new judge find out what Pap is really like? Chapter Six – “He Went for Judge Thatcher” 1. Why does Huck now attend school? 2. Why does Huck at first enjoy living with Pap? 3. How does Pap feel about the “govment” and “educated n__”? 4. Why should Pap, in his drunkenness, call Huck the “Angel of Death”? Chapter Seven – “Laying For Him” 1. The rising June river brings a canoe to Huck and, hence, a route of escape. Would you describe the river as benevolent, indiffer