CHAPTER 17 Quiz — The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

What alias does Huck use when he arrives at the Grangerford home?

• Tom Sawyer
• George Jackson
• William Thompson
• Alexander Johnson

Why are the Grangerfords initially suspicious of Huck when he arrives?

• They think he is a runaway slave
• They think he might be connected to the Shepherdson family
• They think he is a thief trying to rob them
• They think he is a government tax collector

How does Huck recover his fake name after forgetting it the next morning?

• He checks a piece of paper in his pocket
• He asks Buck directly what his name is
• He tricks Buck into spelling it by challenging him
• He overhears the family talking about him at breakfast

What is the subject of Emmeline Grangerford's "Ode to Stephen Dowling Bots, Dec'd"?

• A soldier killed in battle
• A boy who fell down a well and drowned
• A woman who died of a broken heart
• A child who died of whooping cough

What is unusual about Emmeline's unfinished painting of a young woman on a bridge?

• The woman has no face
• The bridge is floating in the sky
• The woman has six arms
• The painting is entirely in red

Which of the following books does Huck NOT find on the Grangerford parlor table?

• Pilgrim's Progress
• Dr. Gunn's Family Medicine
• Robinson Crusoe
• Henry Clay's Speeches

According to the neighbors, who was the only person who ever arrived at a deathbed before Emmeline?

• The preacher
• The doctor
• The sheriff
• The undertaker

How old is Buck Grangerford?

• Ten or eleven
• Thirteen or fourteen
• Fifteen or sixteen
• Seventeen or eighteen

Did the Grangerfords search Huck for weapons before allowing him to stay?

Did Buck correctly spell Huck's alias "George Jackson"?

What does the word "pensive" mean as used in the description of Emmeline's drawing: "she was leaning pensive on a tombstone"?

• Angry and resentful
• Engaged in deep, melancholy thought
• Physically exhausted
• Nervously alert

What are "fan-tods" as Huck uses the term: "they always give me the fan-tods"?

• Feelings of extreme hunger
• Bursts of uncontrollable laughter
• A state of anxiety and unease
• Vivid and pleasant dreams

What is a "reticule" as mentioned in Emmeline's drawing: "holding a white handkerchief and a reticule"?

• A small telescope
• A prayer book
• A small handbag or purse
• A mourning veil