CHAPTER 41 Quiz — The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

What story does Huck tell the doctor about how Tom was injured?

• Tom fell off a raft and hit a rock
• Tom accidentally kicked a gun in his sleep and it went off
• Tom was bitten by a snake while swimming
• Tom cut himself with a case-knife while carving

Why does the doctor refuse to take Huck along in the canoe?

• He does not trust Huck
• The canoe is too small and unsafe for two people
• He wants to report the injury to authorities first
• Huck does not know where Tom is located

Where does Huck fall asleep while waiting for the doctor to return?

• In Uncle Silas's barn
• On the doctor's porch
• In a lumber pile
• In the canoe by the river

What excuse does Huck give Uncle Silas for being absent all night?

• He was helping the doctor treat a patient
• He and Sid were chasing the runaway slave with the men and dogs
• He got lost in the woods near Spanish Island
• He was fishing on the river and lost track of time

According to the neighbors, what did they find in Jim's cabin that they considered evidence of insanity?

• A collection of animal bones and feathers
• Inscriptions carved on a grindstone
• A map drawn on the cabin wall
• Letters written to the King of France

What does Aunt Sally suggest might explain how the escape helpers avoided the dogs?

• They used pepper to throw off the scent
• They must have been spirits ("sperits")
• They crossed through the river to lose the trail
• The dogs were too old to track properly

What does Aunt Sally say to Huck at bedtime that prevents him from sneaking out?

• She threatens to punish him severely if he leaves
• She locks the door and hides the key
• She asks him to stay "for my sake" and leaves the door unlocked
• She tells him Uncle Silas is guarding the exits

What does Huck see when he slips down the lightning rod the third time at dawn?

• Uncle Silas returning from town without Tom
• Aunt Sally asleep in her chair with her candle nearly burned out
• The doctor arriving with Tom on a stretcher
• Jim being brought back in chains

Huck successfully accompanies the doctor to treat Tom on the raft.

The neighboring farmers and their wives gather at the Phelps farm and gossip about Jim's escape.

What does the word "singular" mean when the doctor says "Singular dream" in response to Huck's story?

• Involving only one person
• Remarkably unusual or strange
• Extremely frightening
• Completely unbelievable

What does "harum-scarum" mean when Aunt Sally calls boys "a pretty harum-scarum lot"?

• Clever and resourceful
• Quiet and well-behaved
• Reckless and irresponsible
• Curious and adventurous

What does it mean when Aunt Sally "dropped into a kind of brown study"?

• She fell asleep at her desk
• She became angry and sullen
• She fell into a state of deep, absorbed thought
• She began reading a brown-covered book