CHAPTER 35 Quiz — The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

What do Tom and Huck gather from the woods before breakfast in Chapter 35?

• Firewood for cooking
• Fox-fire (glowing rotten wood) for light
• Berries for breakfast
• Hickory bark for a ladder

Why is Tom dissatisfied with the situation at the Phelps farm?

• Jim has already escaped
• The escape would be too easy and lacks proper difficulties
• Uncle Silas is too watchful
• The cabin is too strongly built

Which of the following prisoners does Tom NOT mention as a model for a proper escape?

• Baron Trenck
• Casanova
• Edmond Dantès
• Benvenuto Cellini

What does Tom insist they do with the sawdust after sawing the bed-leg?

• Hide it under the mattress
• Swallow it so it cannot be found
• Throw it out the window
• Mix it with dirt on the floor

What extreme measure does Tom briefly consider before deciding there is "not necessity enough"?

• Setting the cabin on fire
• Sawing off Jim's leg
• Drugging Uncle Silas
• Tunneling under the river

How does Tom plan to deliver a rope-ladder to Jim?

• Hidden inside a hollowed-out log
• Baked inside a pie
• Wrapped in a stolen shirt
• Smuggled through the window at night

What alternative to a rope-ladder does Huck suggest?

• A chain of bedsheets
• A hickory-bark ladder
• A wooden plank
• A vine from the woods

What does Tom say Jim should use for ink when writing in his journal?

• Berry juice
• Iron-rust and tears
• His own blood
• Charcoal mixed with water

Did Tom suggest that Jim write messages on tin plates and throw them out the window?

Did Huck successfully convince Tom to use picks and shovels instead of case-knives?

According to Tom, how long did the prisoner of the "Castle Deef" take to dig out?

• Seven years
• Fifteen years
• Thirty-seven years
• A hundred years

What compromise does Tom reach about the length of time for digging?

• They will dig for exactly two years
• They will dig quickly but pretend it took thirty-seven years
• They will use picks at night and knives during the day
• They will abandon digging and use the door instead

What moral distinction does Tom draw about Huck stealing a watermelon?

• Stealing food is always acceptable for hungry boys
• Prisoners may steal only what they need to escape, not food to eat
• Stealing from enslaved people is worse than stealing from free people
• Borrowing is acceptable but stealing never is

Did Tom seriously consider digging a moat around the cabin?

What items does Huck steal from the clothesline during the morning?

• Two shirts and a pair of trousers
• A sheet and a white shirt
• A tablecloth and a handkerchief
• Three sheets for the rope-ladder