CHAPTER 7 Practice Quiz — The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain — tap or click to flip
Practice Quiz: CHAPTER 7
What does Pap ask Huck about the gun when he wakes up?
Pap asks "What you doin' with this gun?" Huck tells him somebody tried to get in, so he was laying for the intruder.
What does Huck find floating on the rising river?
A thirteen- or fourteen-foot drift canoe, riding high on the water like a duck.
Why does Huck initially think about giving the canoe to Pap?
Because the canoe is worth about ten dollars, and Pap would be glad to have it.
Where does Huck hide the canoe?
In a little creek like a gully, hung over with vines and willows, near the cabin.
What gives Huck the idea for how to stage his disappearance?
Pap's warning about the prowling man: "Another time a man comes a-prowling round here, you roust me out." This gives Huck the idea to make it look like an intruder murdered him.
How does Pap leave Huck alone in the cabin?
Pap locks Huck inside and takes the skiff to town to sell a nine-log raft they salvaged from the river.
How does Huck escape from the locked cabin?
He saws through a log in the cabin wall, the same escape hole he had been working on previously.
Name at least five supplies Huck loads into the canoe.
Corn meal, side of bacon, whisky jug, coffee and sugar, ammunition, wadding, bucket and gourd, dipper, tin cup, old saw, two blankets, skillet, coffee-pot, fish-lines, matches, and the gun.
How does Huck cover up the sawdust and crawl marks from his escape hole?
He scatters dust on the ground to cover the smoothness and sawdust, then fits the sawed log piece back in place, propping it with two rocks under it and one against it.
What animal does Huck kill to fake his murder, and how does he use it?
A wild pig. He hacks into its throat with an axe and lets it bleed on the cabin floor, then carries it to the river to dispose of it.
How does Huck simulate a body being dragged from the cabin?
He fills an old sack with big rocks, drags it from the pig's blood to the door and through the woods to the river, and dumps it in.
What does Huck do with his own hair during the staged murder?
He pulls out some of his hair, bloodies the axe, and sticks the hair on the back side of the axe blade.
How does Huck create a false trail leading away from the river?
He rips a hole in the meal sack with his saw and carries it about a hundred yards to a shallow lake, letting the meal sift out and make a trail. He also drops Pap's whetstone to make it look accidental.
Who passes Huck in a skiff while he waits under the willows?
Pap returns sober in a skiff, passing so close that Huck could have reached out and touched him with the gun, but Pap does not see him.
Where does Huck ultimately land at the end of Chapter 7?
Jackson's Island, a heavily timbered island about two and a half miles downstream, standing in the middle of the river.
What does the rising Mississippi River symbolize in this chapter?
Opportunity and freedom. The floodwaters deliver the canoe that enables Huck's escape and carry him away from Pap's abuse and civilization's constraints.
How does Huck's staged murder reflect the theme of deception?
Deception is used as a survival tool rather than malicious trickery. Huck must deceive everyone—Pap, the widow, and the whole town—to secure his own safety and freedom.
What is the significance of Huck's reference to Tom Sawyer during the staged murder?
It highlights the contrast between Tom's romantic, theatrical approach to adventure and Huck's practical, necessity-driven actions. Tom would add "fancy touches," while Huck focuses on survival.
What literary device does Twain use when Pap passes Huck's hiding spot without seeing him?
Dramatic irony. The reader knows Huck is hiding in the canoe under the willows, but Pap is completely unaware.
What does the closing moonlit river passage demonstrate about Twain's writing style?
It showcases his use of vivid sensory imagery and lyrical prose, creating a meditative contrast with the tense escape that precedes it. Huck notices the deep sky, distant voices, and quiet beauty of the river.
Why does Huck choose Jackson's Island as his destination?
He knows the island well, nobody ever comes there, and he can paddle over to town at night to pick up things he needs.
What does Huck overhear at the ferry landing as he drifts past?
Idle conversation between men about the long days and short nights, including one man's joke that another fellow did not find funny. One says it is nearly three o'clock.
What is the "June rise" and why is it significant to Huck?
The June rise is the annual spring flooding of the Mississippi. It brings driftwood, cord-wood, and log rafts that can be caught and sold. For Huck, it has always been lucky, and in this chapter it delivers his escape canoe.