American Literature 246 Name: ____________________

Pop Quiz—Mark Twain (1/13/06)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters I.-V.

(6 points possible)

Directions: Please fill the blank with the letter of the best answer.

_____1. As the story opens, Huck lives

A. by himself

B. with the Widow Douglas

C. with Tom Sawyer in a shack on the Mississippi

_____2. What trick does Tom Sawyer play on Jim?

A. He tells Jim’s master that Jim has run away.

B. He convinces Jim that spiders can foretell the future.

C. He hangs the sleeping Jim’s hat on a tree limb above him.

_____3. TRUE or FALSE: Tom organizes a gang and makes each member swear an oath.

_____4. Huck’s comment on prayer is that

A. through prayer, he once got fish-line but no hooks

B. prayer helped him overcome the loneliness of being without a family

C. it worked for Moses, so he (Huck) just needed to practice more

_____5. In Chapter IV, Huck begs Judge Thatcher to

A. arrest Tom Sawyer

B. take all of his (Huck’s) money

C. write a letter for him

_____6. In Chapter V, Huck encounters

A. Becky Thatcher, a girl he is sweet on

B. his father

C. an old riverboat pilot