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'1. How does huckaback solve the problem of forgetting his number? Bets Buck that he cant spell his name, and does, so then he chouses his name †George capital of sufferissippi 2. What does huckaback hold of the Grangerfords? Of their home? He thinks their home is rightfully nice and he re anyy correspondings the family 3. huckaback often reconstructs elicit observations. His com workforcet on Emmeline Grangerford is, â€Å"I reckoned that with her passion she was having a better magazine in the graveyard. ” What does this dooms approximately huck? She focused so overmuch on death and populate dying that he guessd she was in the level she always wanted to be, she was happier on that point. 4. why had Emmeline died?Sickness Chapter 18 1. What is the cause of the affray betwixt the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons? Its been going on for 30 years, no one recalls what started it, beyond a legal dispute over cut down 2. Which side started the shooting? Jason Z cites side 3. wherefore is suspender so vague ab forth it? No one can remember how or why the feud started, alone in the last year, both(prenominal) nation drop been killed, including a fourteen-year-old Grangerford. The two families mention church together and hold their rifles between their knees as the minister preaches ab bulge well-disposed love. 4. Buck says huck, â€Å"There ain’t a coward amongst them Shepherdsons †non a one.And there ain’t no cowards amongst the Grangerfords either. ” What ar the drawbacks to this sort of courage? 5. wherefore is the yield of the Sunday preaching â€Å"satiric”? the sermon was slightly brotherly love, and the 2 families ar killing each other in a feud 6. What has happened to Jim since the last time huck has seen him? Jim followed huck to the shore the nighttime they were wrecked, but did not call bug out to him, for fear of being caught. Some slaves ensn be the raft Jim was on, but he repossess it by threatening the slaves and formulateing it belonged to his innocence master. 7. What does Miss Sophie do? runs off with Harney Shepardson . What happens to the conglomerate Grangerfords? Sophia Grangerford runs off with one of the Shepardsons and a gunfight ensues that kills some of the Grangerfords. 9. What does huckaback do? Chapter 19 1. Read aloud huck’s description of river life that begins, â€Å"Two or three days and nights went by; I reckon I might secernate they swum by, they slid along so quiet and shine and lovely. ” What causes huckaback’s new handgrip of life on the raft? the peace treaty of the river, the scenery, the beauty, the ease of living 2. The peaceful entracte on the raft is disturbed by the arrival of the duke and the dauphin (the world power).Describe these two â€Å"rapscallions. ” liars, con-men, running international from hatful 3. When the duke and the dauphin outgrowth got on the raft, w hy did they talk to each other and geld huckaback and Jim? They be trying to out do each other in rank to conciliate who is in bespeak and who will sleep under the tent. 4. huckaback says, â€Å"It didn’t devour me long to garner up my mind that these liars warn’t no kings nor dukes at all, but provided low-down humbugs and frauds. ” wherefore does he mask to believe them? Huck quickly realizes that the two men they let onto the raft be liars, but to prevent â€Å"quarrels,” he does not let on that he knows.Chapter 20 1. How does Huck rationalise Jim to the duke and the king? He tells them that his family was hit by a steamboat objet dart they were riding down the Mississippi, and that alone he and Jim survived. 2. How do the king and duke treat Huck and Jim? Duke and King has treated Huck and Jim as their own personal servants. Rate This make out 3. What does the king do at the camp-meeting? cons people for $87 pretending to be a reforme d pirate 4. How does the duke arrange for them to expire in the daytime? This chapter paints a brimful picture of the two hitchhikers that Huck and Jim have taken aboard.You will remember that the Gragerfords were first characterized through their possessions. How atomic number 18 these two men drawn? prints a reward notification for Jim & they tie him up so it looks like they ar returning him Chapter 21 1. What ar the king and the duke getting ready for? execute a play †Romeo and Juliet 2. what kind of a town is Bricksville? Not a candid place always looking for kill someone. 3. why had Boggs come to town? to kill Colonel Sherburn. 4. What did the â€Å"loafers” think of Boggs’ threats? do not take his threat very seriously, 5. Describe the slay of Boggs.Col. Sherburn shoots him down while he is wino 6. How did the townspeople react to the murder? They are going to lynch Col. Sherburn Chapter 22 1. why did the â€Å"Lynching Bee” fail? Becau se Sherburn tells them they are not men, just a mob and cowards. 2. What does Sherburn think of the men in the mob? Sherburn says the men in the mob are â€Å" under pitiful-ness”. Sherburn thinks the men are cowards. 3. Is he mightily? 4. Sherburn’s speech is the only place in the novel where the point of depend shifts for nay length of time. why, at this point, does Twain let Sherburn take over?We look at Sherburn to speak because he is a MAN, Huck wouldnt be able to have the corresponding effect on the reader. 5. wherefore does Huck enjoy the genus Circus so much? pleasant relief from the king and the duke and the problems fortune Jim evasion. 6. How successful is the Shakespearian Revival? The Shakespearean Revival that is put on by the duke and the dauphin in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is not very successful. The characters dont really palm if its successful though as they are using it for a wield to scam people. 7. How does the duke plan to get a n audience for the low-comedy presentation? 8.Compare the incident at the circus with the shooting of Boggs. In what ways are the situations similar? How does Huck’s response differ from the crowd’s in both instances? They are both drunk, they are both in danger. With Boggs, he is curious, with the circus hes afraid for the troops Chapter 23 1. why doesn’t the audience â€Å"take care of” the king and the duke afterwards the first military operation? 2. What happens on the third night? 3. handle Huck and Jim’s comments on royal house in this chapter. Is it believable for Huck to know so much history? Explain. 4. wherefore is Huck amazed at Jim’s mourning his home and family? 5.What does the story of ‘Lizabeth show to the highest degree Jim? Chapter 24 1. Why is Jim togged up up like a disconsolate Arab? 2. Huck’s last narrative in this chapter is, â€Å"It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race. † What is Huck talking about? 3. How does Twain make it believable for the two rogues to impersonate the Wilks brothers? Chapter 25 1. Huck describes the tearful scene at the Wilkses as the most disgusting intimacy he has ever seen. Does he hold still for only the king’s procedure? 2. Why does the king give the specie to Mary Jane? 3. Have the â€Å"rapscallions” hood-winked everybody? Chapter 26 1. What determination does Huck make? . What are the plans of the king and the duke? Chapter 27 1. Where did Huck hide the bullion? 2. Describe the undertaker. 3. Where is the humor in Huck’s observation, â€Å"There warn’t no more popular man in town than what the undertaker was”? 4. How are the king’s plans progressing? Chapter 28 1. What is superfluous about Mary Jane? 2. Why is she the only person to whom Huck tells the truth? Chapter 29 1. Why do the men decide to dig up the corpse? 2. Huck concludes the chapter by saying, â€Å"So I w ilted right down onto the planks then, and give up; and it was all I could do to play off from crying. ” What’s bothering Huck?Chapter 30 1. Why are the king and the duke fighting? 2. Why do they get back together? Chapter 31 1. What do the king and duke do to Jim? 2. Why does Huck write Miss Watson? 3. Why does he tear up the letter? 4. Huck has rebelled against civilization before. At Miss Watson’s he smoked, play hookey, and left his room nights to sleep in the woods. What is different about this decision? 5. furious up the letter to Miss Watson has been describe as one of the great moments in American history. A southern male child breaks throw in the towel of the social convention that surrounds him and risks his nous to free a Negro slave.Why is Huck just the boy to tear up that letter? 6. Discuss the implications of Huck’s conclusion, â€Å"All right, then. I’ll go to hell. ” 7. Huck again encounters the duke. What happens? Chapt er 32 1. What is Huck’s new name? 2. Why is that handy for Huck? Chapter 33 1. Why is Huck surprised at tom’s ordainness to rescue Jim? 2. Why is tom turkey willing to do it? 3. What new identity does tomcat assume? 4. How does Huck feel when he sees the king and duke tarred and feathered? 5. Do they merit his pity? 6. Why is Huck so annoyed with his conscience? 7.Does the fact that both tom turkey and Huck are on the plantation add to or remove from the plot? Chapter 34 1. How did tomcat figure out where Jim was? 2. Compare Huck’s plan for freeing Jim with Tom’s 3. What does Huck think of Tom’s fancy touches? 4. What are the dangers of Tom’s approach? 5. Some critics think that Jim’s rescue is an inappropriate ending to the novel. They revere how Huck, with his new maturity, can consent to Tom’s foolish scheme. Do you accommodate with these critics? Why or why not? Chapter 35 1. What is the whole chapter, â€Å"Dark, Deep-Laid Plans” about? Chapter 36 1.Huck says, â€Å"When I start to drop away a nigger, or a watermelon, or a Sunday-school book, I ain’t no ways particular how it’s done so it’s done. ” How would Tom feel about this statement? 2. Why does Jim agree to go along with every liaison? 3. What’s Nat’s problem? Chapter 37 1. What is the theme of conversation at the breakfast sidestep? 2. How does Tom manage to get the things he needs for the escape? 3. Describe the bake of the witch pie. Chapter 38 1. What is the irony bear on in the fetching of the grindstone? 2. Why does Tom try to talk Jim into keeping a pet rattlesnake? Rats? . What purpose does this chapter serve? 4. Describe Jim’s ordeal. Chapter 39 1. Why does Tom write anonymous letter? 2. What does he say in them? Chapter 40 1. What does Huck make when he goes into the setting-room? 2. When the cover melts down Huck’s face, what does auntie Sally think it is? 3. What one thing really goes wrong in the escape? 4. When Huck says, â€Å"I knowed he was unclouded inside, and I reckoned he’s say what he did say,” what is he talking about? Chapter 41 1. Why doesn’t Huck go with the doctor? 2. How does he explain his absence to Uncle Silas? 3. What is Old Mrs.Hotchkiss’ theory? 4. Why doesn’t Huck go check on Tom that night? Chapter 42 1. Why don’t they hang Jim? 2. What does the doctor think of Jim? 3. What does Tom tell Aunt Sally? 4. Why had Tom worked so hard to set Jim free when he was already free? 5. Who arrives on the scene to really straighten things out? Last Chapter 1. What were Tom’s plans concerning Jim after he was free? 2. What does Huck find out about his father? 3. Does it be right that Huck has been an orphan all along? 4. Where is Huck bound for at the end of the novel? 5. Why does Huck reject civilization?\r\n'