Huck Finn Ch 17 Flashcards
a man sticks his head out of a window and asks
who’s there
Huck says that he’s
George Jackson and he fell from the steamboat
The man says that if Huck’s telling the truth, he’ll be
fine
He asks if anyone is with Huck but Huck says that
no one is
The man asks if Huck knows the
Sheperdsons and Huck says no
the man tells Huck to walk slowly toward the door and open it just enough to let
Huck in
After Huck and the people in the house stare at each other the man says that Huck can
come in
One of the men in the house checks if Huck is armed and then he tells him to make himself at
home and tell them about himself
the wife says that huck is wet and is likely hungry, so she has her slave get
food for Huck
there’s a kid around Huck’s age named
Buck
the wife tells Buck to give huck some of his
clothes so that Huck won’t be wet
buck gives Huck clothes and says that Huck should stya and that they would
have fun together
Huck’s story for the family is that his family lives ona
farm in Arkansas
According to Huck, his sister Mary Ann ran away and got
married
According to Huck, Bill went to find his sister and then Bil wasn’t
heard of again
