The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Flashcards
Who does Huck find a cache of gold with?
Tom Sawyer
Who does Huck live with?
Miss Watson and Widow Douglas
Why does Huck have to stay in ‘sivilised’ life?
Or else he cannot join Tom’s gang - he can play robbers once every while.
Who reappears demanding Huck’s fortune?
Pap - His Father - he kidnaps him and drags him across Mississippi River into an isolated cabin.
How does Huck escape from Pap?
Fakes his own death to escape the many beatings.
Where does Huck go and who does he meet?
A slave named Jim on Jackson’s island - Jim ran away as owner Miss Watson was rumoured to sell him.
On their journey trying to go to the free states, what happens?
They miss their route - Huck battles with conscience telling him to turn Jim in and his heart bidding to grt Jim freedom.
How do the pair separate?
A steamboat ploughs into their raft.
Who does Huck meet after the aristocratic Grangerford’s?
Two con men - the King and Duke.
Who do the con men try to scam?
Peter Wilks - wanted to claim inheritance from his death pretending to be the brothers.
What does Huck want to do to the con men?
Expose them - luckily the real brothers come.
Who do the duke and King sell Jim to?
Sila Phelps - Duke betrays this information to Huck who vows to save him.
Who does Huck realise the Sila’s are relatives of?
Tom Sawyer who intercepts Huck and aids his plan by telling him to impersonate his cousin Sid.
What happened to Tom?
He was shot in the leg by one of their pursuers.
What does Tom tell Aunt Silas once he has recovered?
Miss Watson wrote in her will that Jim was to be freed after her death - she died two months ago.
He does this in the sake of a self-indulgent adventure.
