1. What trick does Huck play on Jim

1. 1. What trick does Huck play on Jim? Jim is asleep when Huck returns to the raft. He sits down next to Jim and pretends to be asleep. When Jim wakes up, Huck tries to make him believe that he dreamed the events of the past evening.

2. 2. Why doesn�t Huck turn in Jim? Huck didn�t turn in Jim because they had become friends.

3. 3. Why don�t the slave hunters get Jim? The slave hunters don�t get Jim because Huck made up a clever story about his father being ill on the raft so the hunters would not want to go near it.

4. 4. Explain the differences between Huck and the hunters. The hunters were interested in collecting reward money. Huck wasn�t interested in the money; he was trying to do the �right� thing. The hunters considered the runaway slaves as property; Huck considered Jim as a friend.

5. 5. What is the bad luck in Chapter 16? A steamboat ran over the raft.

6. 6. How does Huck get to the Grangerfords? After jumping off the raft to keep from being run over by the steamboat, Huck makes his way to the shore and comes upon the Grangerford�s house.

7. 7. Why did Twain include this adventure with the Grangerfords? The Grangerfords and Shepherdsons have been feuding so long that they don�t really remember why they are fighting. Twain points out how ridiculous the feud is and shows this trait of human nature as being foolish.

8. 8. How did Jim and Huck meet the king and duke? Huck went ashore to look for berries. He ran into the king and duke while they were running away from some people and dogs.

9. 9. Does Huck believe their story? Huck believes the story at first, but after thinking about it, he decides that they are liars and frauds.

10. 10. Give two examples of the �cleverness� of the king and duke. At the Pokeville camp meeting, the king got up and convinced the preacher to let him speak to the people. He told them that he was a pirate, now poor and reformed, who wanted to return to the Indian Ocean to reform other pirates. He asked for money for his cause, and the people gave him some. The duke printed up hand bills describing Jim as a runaway slave and offering a reward. He decided they would tie ropes around him to pretend they were �taking him in� so they could run the raft in the daytime.

11. 11. Why did the people return to the show? People came to the show the first night to see what ladies and children were not supposed to see. After seeing the show, they didn�t want to admit that they had been tricked, so they told other people in the town what a great show it was. The second show�s audience was a result of the great reviews. People came back the third night to get even with the king and duke, but the king and duke left early.

12. 12. What�s the point of the incident of the shooting of Boggs? The incident with Boggs points out many weaknesses in the human character. Boggs was foolish in his drunkenness to push Sherburn�s patience. Sherburn was foolish to pay any attention to Boggs. The townspeople all rushed to see the murder of Boggs and almost immediately enjoyed playing the scene again. Then, the townspeople, following the lead of Buck Harkness, all decided to lynch the colonel. The colonel�s speech is Twain�s voice about the justice system of his time. In this section, Twain shows the worst of human nature.

13. 13. Why do we hear about Jim�s daughter �Lizabeth�? Jim�s story about Lizabeth shows that he is a good father and a compassionate man.

14. 14. Where did the king and duke get their plan about being the Wilks brothers? The king and duke found a young man by the side of the river. He told them the story of the Wilks brothers.