CHAPTER 36 Quiz — The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
Comprehension Quiz: CHAPTER 36
What tools do Huck and Tom first attempt to use to dig Jim out?
- Picks and shovels from the tool shed
- Case-knives (common kitchen knives)
- Spoons stolen from Aunt Sally's kitchen
- Pieces of broken tin plates and shards
Why does Tom agree to switch to picks and shovels?
- Huck threatens to abandon the plan entirely
- Jim sends word that he needs to escape quickly
- Their hands are blistered and they have made almost no progress
- Uncle Silas discovers the case-knives are missing
What condition does Tom set when they switch to using picks?
- They must only dig at night to avoid detection
- They must let on the picks are case-knives
- They must finish the tunnel in a single night
- They must return the picks before morning light
What is the significance of Tom repeatedly asking Huck for a "case-knife"?
- He genuinely wants a case-knife to cut rope
- He is testing whether Huck understands the pretense (and Huck hands him a pick-ax)
- He has forgotten where he left his own knife
- He needs a smaller tool to work in a tight space
How long does it take the boys to finish the tunnel using picks and shovels?
- About thirty minutes of steady digging
- The entire night from dusk until dawn
- About two and a half hours of work
- Three consecutive nights of digging shifts
What does Jim want to do as soon as the boys reach him?
- Write a letter to Miss Watson begging for freedom
- Cut his chain with a cold chisel and escape immediately
- Wait until Uncle Silas falls asleep the next night
- Hide in the lean-to until the boys arrange a raft
What items does Tom steal to make writing pens for Jim?
- A pewter spoon and a brass candlestick
- Three tin plates and a piece of chalk
- A quill pen and a bottle of ink from the study
- A set of iron nails and a wooden dowel
According to Tom's plan, how is Jim supposed to keep a journal?
- By carving words into the wooden cabin wall
- By writing on his shirt with his own blood
- By scratching notes onto the tin plates with a nail
- By dictating his thoughts to Huck each night
What causes Nat to faint in Jim's cabin?
- He discovers the tunnel under Jim's bed
- He sees the boys sneaking in through the hole
- A pack of eleven hound dogs rushes in through the unfastened door
- Jim accidentally reveals the stolen items hidden under his mattress
What does Tom tell Nat to do about the "witches"?
- Pray over Jim's cabin every morning and evening
- Report the disturbance to Uncle Silas right away
- Bake a witch pie to satisfy and appease the spirits
- Sprinkle salt around the doorway to keep them away
How does Tom plan to smuggle small items to Jim?
- By throwing them through the window-hole at night
- By hiding them in Uncle Silas's coat pockets and Aunt Sally's apron
- By wrapping them in corn-pone and placing them in Jim's pan
- By burying them in the tunnel for Jim to dig up
What does Tom's fantasy about extending the escape to eighty years reveal?
- His genuine concern for making the plan as safe as possible
- His belief that Jim secretly enjoys the elaborate adventure
- His prioritization of romantic entertainment over Jim's actual freedom
- His worry that the Phelps family will catch them too soon
Why can't Tom climb back up the lightning rod after the first night of digging?
- The lightning rod has been removed by Uncle Silas
- A thunderstorm makes the metal rod too dangerous
- His hands are too sore from digging to grip the rod
- Aunt Sally is awake and watching from the window
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