Review: The Natural & Huck Finn

1. Review: The Natural & Huck Finn

2. 1. Why did Iris “stand up” for Roy?

3. 2. • Who did Roy strike out?

4. 3. • What is the name of the Pirates pitcher who struck Roy out in the playoffs?

5. 4. • What happens immediately after Roy knocks the cover off the ball?

6. 5. • What does Roy do with Wonderboy at the end of the novel?

7. 6. • What color is Harriet Bird associated with?

8. 7. • Who does Roy go swimming with?

9. 8. • What does Otto Zipp do after the playoff game loss?

10. 9. • What are the two mysterious containers in “Pre-Game”?

11. 10 • Who is Memo’s foil (opposite in function) in the novel?

12. 11. • Both sections of the novel begin in what season?

13. 12 • What two symbols dominate “Pre-Game”?

14. 13 • Whose form glowed red on the outfield wall after Roy struck out?

15. 14 • Who acts as Roy’s mentor in “Pre-Game”?

16. 15 • Who is the reporter?

17. 16 • The _______ motif is present in the dates that Roy has with Memo and Iris.

18. 17 • Where did Roy work during the years he was away from the game?

19. 18 • Along with Memo, who threw the party for the Knights?

20. 19 • Wonderboy is an example of what archetypal element?

21. 20 • Who does Roy hit in the face with a foul ball?

22. 21 • Roy thinks he and Memo run over a ___

23. 22 • Who says: “Darling, win one for our boy.”

24. 23 • Who said: “…I hate to see a hero fail. There are so few of them… Without heroes we’re all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.”

25. 24 • Who said: “Look, I’m a twisted tree.”

26. 25 • Who said: “The eyes, got to keep ‘em clear.”

27. 26 • Who said: “Roy, will you be the best there ever was in the game?”

28. 27 • In what “person” point-of-view is Huck Finn narrated?

29. 28 • Who does Huck “sell” his money to?

30. 29 • Why do Huck and Jim search for Cairo?

31. 30 • Who pretends to be Tom Sawyer?

32. 31 • When did Huck cry for the first time?

33. 32 • Who puts nails in the form of a cross on the bottom of his shoe?

34. 33 • Who does Huck have a crush on?

35. 34 • Who tells everyone that witches rode him all over the state?

36. 35 • What is The Royal Nonesuch?

37. 36 • Who tells slave hunters his father has small pox?

38. 37 • What is the river symbolic of?

39. 38 • What does Jim feel most sad and guilty about?

40. 39 • Where does Huck hide Peter Wilkes’ money?

41. 40 • Who died in the “House of Death”?

42. 41 • Who did Jim risk his life for at the end of the novel?

43. 42 • The Grangerfords’ and Shepardsons’ situation echoes that from the play-

44. 43 • Who says: “trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren’s en makes ‘em ashamed”

45. 44 • Who said: “Your mother couldn’t read, and she couldn’t write, nuther, before she died. None of the family couldn’t before they died. And here your a-swelling yourself up like this.

46. 45 • Who said: “It don't make no difference how foolish it is, it's the RIGHT way – and it's the regular way. And there ain't no OTHER way, that ever I heard of, and I've read all the books that gives any information about these things. They always dig out with a case-knife –”

47. 46 • Who said: "It's a dead man. Yes, indeedy; naked, too. He's ben shot in de back. I reck'n he's ben dead two er three days. Come in, Huck, but doan' look at his face – it's too gashly."

48. 47 • Who said: "GOOD-bye. I'm going to do everything just as you've told me; and if I don't ever see you again, I sha'n't ever forget you. and I'll think of you a many and a many a time, and I'll PRAY for you, too!"

49. 48 • Who said: “But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before.”

50. 49 • Who is the author of The Natural?