Characters 10 PointsQUESTION:

Who is the narrator of the story?

ANSWER:

Huck Finn

Characters 20 PointsQUESTION:

Who are the con men that go town to town trying to make money with a variety of tricks?

ANSWER:

The King and the Duke

Characters 30 PointsQUESTION:

Who teaches Huck about religion, prayer, the good place, and the bad place? ANSWER:

Widow Douglas

Characters 40 PointsQUESTION: Who befriends Huck but is shot due to a feud?

ANSWER:

Buck Grangerford

Characters 50 PointsQUESTION:

Who wants to adopt Huck at the end of the novel?

ANSWER:

Sally Phelps (Toms Aunt Sally)

Episodes 10 PointsQUESTION:

Yesright smart chance of funerals. But they dont always kill. Pas got a few buck-shot in him; but he dont mind it cuz he dont weigh much anyway. Bobs been carved up some with a bowie, and Toms been hurt once or twice. ANSWER:

Shepherdsons and Grangerfords

Episodes 20 PointsQUESTION:

The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldnt stand it no longer I lit out. I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied. But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable. So I went back. ANSWER:

Huck in Society beginning sequence

Episodes 30 PointsQUESTION:

Tom told me what his plan was, and I see in a minute it was worth fifteen of mine for style, and would make Jim just as free a man as mine would, and maybe get us all killed besides. So I was satisfied, and said we would waltz in on it. ANSWER:

Toms Escape Plan the Evasion Sequence

Episodes 40 PointsQUESTION:

Do I know you? I know you clear through I was born and raised in the South, and Ive lived in the North; so I know the average all around. The average mans a coward. ANSWER:

Colonel Sherburn (and Boggs and the mob)

Episodes 50 PointsQUESTION:

What episodes marks the climax or turning point of the novel?

ANSWER:

Hucks Big Moment when he tears up the letter to Miss Watson

Themes 10 PointsQUESTION:

What is a theme!??!?!?!!?!?!?!?!ANSWER:

The message an author presents regarding a central idea.

Themes 20 PointsQUESTION:

What might be a theme statement for the central idea of adventure? ANSWER:

Up to Ms. K

Themes 30 PointsQUESTION:

What might be a theme statement for the central idea of human nature?

ANSWER:

Up to Ms. K

Themes 40 PointsQUESTION:

What might be a theme statement for the central idea of race relations?

ANSWER:

Up to Ms. K

Themes 50 PointsQUESTION:

How does the episodic plot structure impact theme development?

ANSWER:

Different episodes develop different themes in conjunction with one another so that they can build upon one another throughout the novel

Plot 10 PointsQUESTION:

What is the geographical setting of HF?

ANSWER:

American South along the Mississippi River

Plot 20 PointsQUESTION:

What is the time period Huck Finn is set it?

ANSWER:

~1840 (pre-Civil War)

Plot 30 PointsQUESTION:

What is the name of the ship that Huck and Jim find the three robbers on?

ANSWER:

Walter Scott

Plot 40 PointsQUESTION:

Why does the family feud between the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons suddenly escalate?

ANSWER:

Suzzanna Grangerford runs away to elope with Harney Shepherdson

Plot 50 PointsQUESTION:

What does Huck plan on doing at the end of the novel? Why?

ANSWER:

Heading out for the Territory because hes had enough of society

Authors Craft 10 PointsQUESTION:

Keeping in mind the context of when it was written, what was Mark Twains PURPOSE for writing HF?

ANSWER:

To provide a SOCIAL COMMENTARY

Authors Craft 20 PointsQUESTION:

WHAT is the point of view Twain uses to tell the story and WHY?

ANSWER:

1st person and because it allows him to comment on society as it actually is

Authors Craft 30 PointsQUESTION:

What is one reason why Twain might use an episodic plot structure?

ANSWER: To focus on different aspects/flaws of society; to contrast being in society with being out of society; to let themes interact and build upon one another; to allow the text to potentially be serialized

Authors Craft 40 PointsQUESTION:

How do setting and p.o.v. impact word choice? ANSWER:

Huck is uneducated and cannot read and write very well. Because they are in the South before the Civil War, several different dialects (including the slave dialect) are presented.

Authors Craft 50 PointsQUESTION:

What is the tone of HF?

ANSWER:

Satirical uses humor, irony, exaggeration to expose societal faults

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