The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Quiz and Answer Key Bundle
Evaluate general reading comprehension and promote homework accountability with this bundle of thirteen quizzes covering the entirety of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats. Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available. Information on each assessment follows.
Chapters 1-3. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
How Huck came into possession of money
The current arrangement for managing Huck's money
Huck's dissatisfaction with living under others' rules
Tom's behavior in contrast to Huck's
The location of the gang's initiation meeting
The pledge each gang member makes to guarantee secrecy
The illness that afflicts Huck's father
The situational irony related to the gang's decision not to meet on Sundays
Huck's scrutiny of prayer
The speculation surrounding a corpse in the river
Huck's feelings about the possibility that his father is dead
The influence of literature on Tom's thinking
Huck's scrutiny of Tom's imagination
Chapters 4-7. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
How Huck knows his father has returned
The manner in which Jim tells Huck's future
The reasons why Pap is upset with his son
The new judge's actions and decisions in contrast to Judge Thatcher's
The failed efforts to rehabilitate Pap
How and why Huck is taken to the cabin
Pap's drunken behavior
Huck's efforts at self-preservation
Chapters 8-10. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
The search crew's efforts to recover Huck's body
How Huck comes into possession of bread to eat
Huck's evolving perspective on prayer
Huck's first indication that someone else is on the island
The reason for Jim's intense fear when he first meets Huck
Jim's motivations for taking up residence on the island
Jim's superstitious nature
The circumstances surrounding the death of Pap
Jim's motivations for concealing information from Huck
Huck's prank and its unintended consequences
Huck and Jim's plan involving a disguise
Chapters 11-13. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Huck's motives for lying to Judith
Textual evidence to support the claim that Judith and her family have fallen on tough times
The advice Judith offers Huck before his departure
How Huck and Jim avoid being discovered while traveling
Pap's philosophy on stealing and Huck's acceptance of this philosophy
What is revealed about Huck's character based on his actions
The discovery of robbers and murderers
The reason Jake and Bill want a man dead
Jake's reluctance to kill a man
The fate of the raft
Huck's ability to empathize and show compassion
Chapters 14-16. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Jim's opinion of King Solomon
Huck's frustration with Jim's perspective
Huck and Jim's plan to reach safety
The trick Huck plays on Jim involving the fog
How the trick strengthens the bond of understanding between Huck and Jim
Jim's plan once they reach Cairo
Huck's reaction to Jim's plan
Huck's cunning nature
The change in Jim and Huck's plans
Huck's internal conflict
The separation of Huck and Jim
Chapters 17-19. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Buck's characterization
The Grangerfords' social status
Emmeline Grangerford's art and Huck's reaction to it
The circumstances leading to Huck's reunion with Jim
The ambiguity surrounding the cause of the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons
The irony of churchgoers' behavior
The cause of a bloody battle
The consequences of the bloody battle
The introduction of the two con artists
Huck's motivation for going along with the con artists' trickery
Chapters 20-23. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Huck's powers of persuasion
Background information on the king
The content of the printed poster
The king's attempts to learn dialogue from Shakespeare's Hamlet
Twain's unpleasant description of the town
The characterization of Boggs
The interactions between Boggs and Sherburn
Huck's opinion of the circus
Huck's feelings toward the ringmaster
The duke and king's first performance
Efforts to increase attendance numbers
The low humor of subsequent performances
What angers the attendees of the subsequent performances
The vengeful intent of the spectators
Jim's opinion of kings
The cause of Jim's sadness
Chapters 24-25. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
How Jim is made more comfortable while others are gone
The characterization of Mr. Wilks
The king's motivation for wearing black
The details pertaining to the king and duke's newest scam
Huck's opinion of the newest scam
How the duke and the king build relationships with people
How the king almost reveals himself to be a con man
Dr. Robinson's advice to Mary Jane
Mary Jane's decision pertaining to her money
Chapters 26-28. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Joanna's influence on Huck's psychological state
What motivates Huck to help the sisters
Mary Jane's disregard for her sister's intuition
The debate between the duke and the king
Huck's willingness to expose the duke and the king as con men
What Huck does with the stolen money
A disturbance at the funeral
Who Huck blames for the stolen money
The girls' reaction to the settling of the estate
Why Huck decides to reveal the plot to Mary Jane
A concern Huck has pertaining to Mary Jane
Mary Jane's influence on Huck's emotional state
Chapters 29-31. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
How Huck's plan goes awry
How Harvey proves his identity
The crowd's decision to dig up the body
How Huck gets away from the king and the duke
Huck's feelings about the duke and the king getting away
How Huck is saved from being accused of stealing
Why the king confessed to a crime
Huck's motives for wanting to write to Tom Sawyer
Why Huck reconsiders his decision
The decision Huck feels dooms him to hell
Transactional behavior between Huck and the duke
The duke's inability to be trusted
Chapters 32-35. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
The dramatic irony associated with Huck's introduction to Aunt Sally
Aunt Sally's playful prank
Why Huck rushes away in the middle of a conversation with Sally and Silas
Why Tom is frightened upon first meeting Huck
Tom's agreement to free Jim
Tom and Sally's similarities
Sid Sawyer
The treatment of the king and the duke
Huck's conscience
Huck's admiration of Tom
Tom's motivations
Preparations for rescuing Jim
Chapters 36-39. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
The boys' digging efforts
Jim's reaction to the boys' plan
Tom's opinion of the rescue efforts
Why Jim pokes his food with a fork
Nat's superstitious nature
The boys' guilt over their behavior
The disappearances of household items
The difficulty in baking a pie with a rope ladder in it
The coat of arms
Conditions in the hut that make Jim's stay there unbearable
The contents of an anonymous letter
Chapters 40-43. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Who is in the Phelps' parlor
Sally's concern for Huck's health
A complication involving Tom's health
Huck's lie to the doctor
A racist assumption
Huck's promise to Sally
Why mob participants decide against lynching Jim
Tom's feelings about Jim
Aunt Polly's introduction
A major revelation
Resources are available for teaching a variety of classic texts:
Evaluate general reading comprehension and promote homework accountability with this bundle of thirteen quizzes covering the entirety of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats. Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available. Information on each assessment follows.
Chapters 1-3. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
How Huck came into possession of money
The current arrangement for managing Huck's money
Huck's dissatisfaction with living under others' rules
Tom's behavior in contrast to Huck's
The location of the gang's initiation meeting
The pledge each gang member makes to guarantee secrecy
The illness that afflicts Huck's father
The situational irony related to the gang's decision not to meet on Sundays
Huck's scrutiny of prayer
The speculation surrounding a corpse in the river
Huck's feelings about the possibility that his father is dead
The influence of literature on Tom's thinking
Huck's scrutiny of Tom's imagination
Chapters 4-7. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
How Huck knows his father has returned
The manner in which Jim tells Huck's future
The reasons why Pap is upset with his son
The new judge's actions and decisions in contrast to Judge Thatcher's
The failed efforts to rehabilitate Pap
How and why Huck is taken to the cabin
Pap's drunken behavior
Huck's efforts at self-preservation
Chapters 8-10. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
The search crew's efforts to recover Huck's body
How Huck comes into possession of bread to eat
Huck's evolving perspective on prayer
Huck's first indication that someone else is on the island
The reason for Jim's intense fear when he first meets Huck
Jim's motivations for taking up residence on the island
Jim's superstitious nature
The circumstances surrounding the death of Pap
Jim's motivations for concealing information from Huck
Huck's prank and its unintended consequences
Huck and Jim's plan involving a disguise
Chapters 11-13. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Huck's motives for lying to Judith
Textual evidence to support the claim that Judith and her family have fallen on tough times
The advice Judith offers Huck before his departure
How Huck and Jim avoid being discovered while traveling
Pap's philosophy on stealing and Huck's acceptance of this philosophy
What is revealed about Huck's character based on his actions
The discovery of robbers and murderers
The reason Jake and Bill want a man dead
Jake's reluctance to kill a man
The fate of the raft
Huck's ability to empathize and show compassion
Chapters 14-16. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Jim's opinion of King Solomon
Huck's frustration with Jim's perspective
Huck and Jim's plan to reach safety
The trick Huck plays on Jim involving the fog
How the trick strengthens the bond of understanding between Huck and Jim
Jim's plan once they reach Cairo
Huck's reaction to Jim's plan
Huck's cunning nature
The change in Jim and Huck's plans
Huck's internal conflict
The separation of Huck and Jim
Chapters 17-19. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Buck's characterization
The Grangerfords' social status
Emmeline Grangerford's art and Huck's reaction to it
The circumstances leading to Huck's reunion with Jim
The ambiguity surrounding the cause of the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons
The irony of churchgoers' behavior
The cause of a bloody battle
The consequences of the bloody battle
The introduction of the two con artists
Huck's motivation for going along with the con artists' trickery
Chapters 20-23. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Huck's powers of persuasion
Background information on the king
The content of the printed poster
The king's attempts to learn dialogue from Shakespeare's Hamlet
Twain's unpleasant description of the town
The characterization of Boggs
The interactions between Boggs and Sherburn
Huck's opinion of the circus
Huck's feelings toward the ringmaster
The duke and king's first performance
Efforts to increase attendance numbers
The low humor of subsequent performances
What angers the attendees of the subsequent performances
The vengeful intent of the spectators
Jim's opinion of kings
The cause of Jim's sadness
Chapters 24-25. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
How Jim is made more comfortable while others are gone
The characterization of Mr. Wilks
The king's motivation for wearing black
The details pertaining to the king and duke's newest scam
Huck's opinion of the newest scam
How the duke and the king build relationships with people
How the king almost reveals himself to be a con man
Dr. Robinson's advice to Mary Jane
Mary Jane's decision pertaining to her money
Chapters 26-28. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Joanna's influence on Huck's psychological state
What motivates Huck to help the sisters
Mary Jane's disregard for her sister's intuition
The debate between the duke and the king
Huck's willingness to expose the duke and the king as con men
What Huck does with the stolen money
A disturbance at the funeral
Who Huck blames for the stolen money
The girls' reaction to the settling of the estate
Why Huck decides to reveal the plot to Mary Jane
A concern Huck has pertaining to Mary Jane
Mary Jane's influence on Huck's emotional state
Chapters 29-31. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
How Huck's plan goes awry
How Harvey proves his identity
The crowd's decision to dig up the body
How Huck gets away from the king and the duke
Huck's feelings about the duke and the king getting away
How Huck is saved from being accused of stealing
Why the king confessed to a crime
Huck's motives for wanting to write to Tom Sawyer
Why Huck reconsiders his decision
The decision Huck feels dooms him to hell
Transactional behavior between Huck and the duke
The duke's inability to be trusted
Chapters 32-35. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
The dramatic irony associated with Huck's introduction to Aunt Sally
Aunt Sally's playful prank
Why Huck rushes away in the middle of a conversation with Sally and Silas
Why Tom is frightened upon first meeting Huck
Tom's agreement to free Jim
Tom and Sally's similarities
Sid Sawyer
The treatment of the king and the duke
Huck's conscience
Huck's admiration of Tom
Tom's motivations
Preparations for rescuing Jim
Chapters 36-39. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
The boys' digging efforts
Jim's reaction to the boys' plan
Tom's opinion of the rescue efforts
Why Jim pokes his food with a fork
Nat's superstitious nature
The boys' guilt over their behavior
The disappearances of household items
The difficulty in baking a pie with a rope ladder in it
The coat of arms
Conditions in the hut that make Jim's stay there unbearable
The contents of an anonymous letter
Chapters 40-43. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Who is in the Phelps' parlor
Sally's concern for Huck's health
A complication involving Tom's health
Huck's lie to the doctor
A racist assumption
Huck's promise to Sally
Why mob participants decide against lynching Jim
Tom's feelings about Jim
Aunt Polly's introduction
A major revelation
Resources are available for teaching a variety of classic texts:
Evaluate general reading comprehension and promote homework accountability with this bundle of thirteen quizzes covering the entirety of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats. Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available. Information on each assessment follows.
Chapters 1-3. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
How Huck came into possession of money
The current arrangement for managing Huck's money
Huck's dissatisfaction with living under others' rules
Tom's behavior in contrast to Huck's
The location of the gang's initiation meeting
The pledge each gang member makes to guarantee secrecy
The illness that afflicts Huck's father
The situational irony related to the gang's decision not to meet on Sundays
Huck's scrutiny of prayer
The speculation surrounding a corpse in the river
Huck's feelings about the possibility that his father is dead
The influence of literature on Tom's thinking
Huck's scrutiny of Tom's imagination
Chapters 4-7. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
How Huck knows his father has returned
The manner in which Jim tells Huck's future
The reasons why Pap is upset with his son
The new judge's actions and decisions in contrast to Judge Thatcher's
The failed efforts to rehabilitate Pap
How and why Huck is taken to the cabin
Pap's drunken behavior
Huck's efforts at self-preservation
Chapters 8-10. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
The search crew's efforts to recover Huck's body
How Huck comes into possession of bread to eat
Huck's evolving perspective on prayer
Huck's first indication that someone else is on the island
The reason for Jim's intense fear when he first meets Huck
Jim's motivations for taking up residence on the island
Jim's superstitious nature
The circumstances surrounding the death of Pap
Jim's motivations for concealing information from Huck
Huck's prank and its unintended consequences
Huck and Jim's plan involving a disguise
Chapters 11-13. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Huck's motives for lying to Judith
Textual evidence to support the claim that Judith and her family have fallen on tough times
The advice Judith offers Huck before his departure
How Huck and Jim avoid being discovered while traveling
Pap's philosophy on stealing and Huck's acceptance of this philosophy
What is revealed about Huck's character based on his actions
The discovery of robbers and murderers
The reason Jake and Bill want a man dead
Jake's reluctance to kill a man
The fate of the raft
Huck's ability to empathize and show compassion
Chapters 14-16. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Jim's opinion of King Solomon
Huck's frustration with Jim's perspective
Huck and Jim's plan to reach safety
The trick Huck plays on Jim involving the fog
How the trick strengthens the bond of understanding between Huck and Jim
Jim's plan once they reach Cairo
Huck's reaction to Jim's plan
Huck's cunning nature
The change in Jim and Huck's plans
Huck's internal conflict
The separation of Huck and Jim
Chapters 17-19. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Buck's characterization
The Grangerfords' social status
Emmeline Grangerford's art and Huck's reaction to it
The circumstances leading to Huck's reunion with Jim
The ambiguity surrounding the cause of the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons
The irony of churchgoers' behavior
The cause of a bloody battle
The consequences of the bloody battle
The introduction of the two con artists
Huck's motivation for going along with the con artists' trickery
Chapters 20-23. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Huck's powers of persuasion
Background information on the king
The content of the printed poster
The king's attempts to learn dialogue from Shakespeare's Hamlet
Twain's unpleasant description of the town
The characterization of Boggs
The interactions between Boggs and Sherburn
Huck's opinion of the circus
Huck's feelings toward the ringmaster
The duke and king's first performance
Efforts to increase attendance numbers
The low humor of subsequent performances
What angers the attendees of the subsequent performances
The vengeful intent of the spectators
Jim's opinion of kings
The cause of Jim's sadness
Chapters 24-25. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
How Jim is made more comfortable while others are gone
The characterization of Mr. Wilks
The king's motivation for wearing black
The details pertaining to the king and duke's newest scam
Huck's opinion of the newest scam
How the duke and the king build relationships with people
How the king almost reveals himself to be a con man
Dr. Robinson's advice to Mary Jane
Mary Jane's decision pertaining to her money
Chapters 26-28. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Joanna's influence on Huck's psychological state
What motivates Huck to help the sisters
Mary Jane's disregard for her sister's intuition
The debate between the duke and the king
Huck's willingness to expose the duke and the king as con men
What Huck does with the stolen money
A disturbance at the funeral
Who Huck blames for the stolen money
The girls' reaction to the settling of the estate
Why Huck decides to reveal the plot to Mary Jane
A concern Huck has pertaining to Mary Jane
Mary Jane's influence on Huck's emotional state
Chapters 29-31. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
How Huck's plan goes awry
How Harvey proves his identity
The crowd's decision to dig up the body
How Huck gets away from the king and the duke
Huck's feelings about the duke and the king getting away
How Huck is saved from being accused of stealing
Why the king confessed to a crime
Huck's motives for wanting to write to Tom Sawyer
Why Huck reconsiders his decision
The decision Huck feels dooms him to hell
Transactional behavior between Huck and the duke
The duke's inability to be trusted
Chapters 32-35. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
The dramatic irony associated with Huck's introduction to Aunt Sally
Aunt Sally's playful prank
Why Huck rushes away in the middle of a conversation with Sally and Silas
Why Tom is frightened upon first meeting Huck
Tom's agreement to free Jim
Tom and Sally's similarities
Sid Sawyer
The treatment of the king and the duke
Huck's conscience
Huck's admiration of Tom
Tom's motivations
Preparations for rescuing Jim
Chapters 36-39. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
The boys' digging efforts
Jim's reaction to the boys' plan
Tom's opinion of the rescue efforts
Why Jim pokes his food with a fork
Nat's superstitious nature
The boys' guilt over their behavior
The disappearances of household items
The difficulty in baking a pie with a rope ladder in it
The coat of arms
Conditions in the hut that make Jim's stay there unbearable
The contents of an anonymous letter
Chapters 40-43. By completing this quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
Who is in the Phelps' parlor
Sally's concern for Huck's health
A complication involving Tom's health
Huck's lie to the doctor
A racist assumption
Huck's promise to Sally
Why mob participants decide against lynching Jim
Tom's feelings about Jim
Aunt Polly's introduction
A major revelation
Resources are available for teaching a variety of classic texts: