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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Flashcards
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| Who wrote Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? | Mark Twain |
| Where and when does the story take place? | The Mississippi Valley, forty to fifty years before the book was written |
| Who is Huck Finn? | The narrator of the story, a boy who was made rich along with Tom Sawyer after finding robbers' hidden treasure |
| Who is Tom Sawyer? | Huck's friend and "comrade," who found treasure with Huck and later starts a band of robbers |
| How much money did Huck and Tom each get from the treasure? | Six thousand dollars apiece, all in gold |
| Who is Judge Thatcher? | The man who took the boys' treasure money and put it out at interest, earning them a dollar a day each |
| Who is the Widow Douglas? | A woman who takes Huck in as her son and tries to "sivilize" (civilize) him |
| Who is Miss Watson? | The Widow Douglas's sister, a slim old maid with goggles who tries to teach Huck spelling and manners |
| What does "sivilize" mean in the story? | Huck's spelling of "civilize," referring to the widow's attempts to make him behave properly and live a respectable, proper life |
| Why does Huck dislike living with the widow at first? | He finds it rough, dismal, regular, and decent; he has to wear uncomfortable new clothes and follow strict rules |
| What does Huck think about Moses and the Bulrushers? | He is interested until he learns Moses is dead, then loses interest because he "don't take no stock in dead people" |
| Why does the widow scold Huck about smoking? | She says it's a mean, unclean practice, though she herself takes snuff, which Huck finds hypocritical |
| What happens when Huck says he wishes he was in "the bad place"? | Miss Watson gets mad, since she had just told him about it while trying to teach him to behave |
| What is the "Notice" at the start of the book warning readers about? | It jokingly warns that anyone trying to find a motive, moral, or plot in the story will be prosecuted, banished, or shot |
| What is explained in the "Explanatory" section? | Twain explains he used several different dialects (Missouri negro dialect, backwoods Southwestern, Pike County, and variations) carefully and purposefully, not randomly |
| Why did Huck leave the widow's house before returning? | He couldn't stand civilized life any longer, so he put on his old rags and lived freely until Tom Sawyer convinced him to return |
| What condition did Tom Sawyer set for Huck to join his band of robbers? | Huck had to go back to the widow and be respectable |
| How did the Widow Douglas react when Huck came back? | She cried over him, called him a "poor lost lamb," and put him back in his new, uncomfortable clothes |
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