CHAPTER 42 Quiz — The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

How is Tom Sawyer brought back to the Phelps farm in Chapter 42?

• He walks back on his own at dawn
• He is carried on a mattress by the doctor and townspeople
• Huck finds him hiding on the raft
• Uncle Silas brings him back from town

Why do the townspeople ultimately decide NOT to hang Jim?

• The doctor convinces them Jim is innocent
• Huck threatens to report them to the authorities
• They realize his owner would make them pay for him
• Aunt Sally forbids it

What did Jim do that prompted the doctor to defend him?

• Jim helped the doctor remove the bullet from Tom's leg and nursed him all night
• Jim surrendered voluntarily to spare the Phelps family
• Jim saved the doctor from drowning in the river
• Jim confessed to being a runaway and asked for mercy

What does Tom reveal about Miss Watson?

• She sold Jim to the Phelps family before she died
• She died two months ago and freed Jim in her will
• She is coming to retrieve Jim herself
• She never legally owned Jim in the first place

Who exposes the true identities of Tom and Huck at the Phelps farm?

• Uncle Silas
• The old doctor
• Aunt Polly
• Aunt Sally

Why did Aunt Polly travel to the Phelps farm?

• She received a telegram about Tom's injury
• She was suspicious because her letters to Aunt Sally went unanswered
• Uncle Silas wrote to her asking for help
• She heard about Jim's escape attempt

Where does Huck hide when Aunt Polly arrives?

• In Jim's cabin
• Behind the barn
• Under the bed
• In the cellar

What did Tom do with the letters Aunt Polly sent to Aunt Sally?

• He burned them in the fireplace
• He hid them in his trunk without reading them
• He gave them to Huck to dispose of
• He rewrote them with false information

Did the townspeople remove Jim's chains after the doctor defended him?

Did Aunt Sally open the letter from St. Petersburg before Tom arrived?

In the chapter, the doctor says he never saw "a better nuss or faithfuller." What does "nuss" mean?

• Servant or attendant
• Nurse or caretaker
• Friend or companion
• Worker or laborer

What does Huck mean when he says he needs to get through "the breakers" ahead of him?

• Physical barriers blocking the road
• Dangers and difficulties he must navigate
• People who want to punish him
• Broken furniture in the house

When Tom speaks "kind of pettish," what does "pettish" mean?

• Frightened and anxious
• Joyful and enthusiastic
• Childishly sulky or bad-tempered
• Deeply apologetic