CHAPTER 7 Quiz — The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

What does Huck find drifting on the rising Mississippi River?

• A wooden raft with nine logs
• A thirteen- or fourteen-foot canoe
• A skiff with oars
• A barrel of supplies

Why does Pap leave the cabin and lock Huck inside?

• To go hunting in the woods
• To sell a nine-log raft in town
• To buy more whisky at the tavern
• To report the prowling intruder

How does Huck escape from the locked cabin?

• He picks the lock with a fishhook
• He climbs through a window
• He saws through a log in the wall
• He smashes the door with an axe

What animal does Huck kill to stage his fake murder?

• A deer
• A wild pig
• A turkey
• A stray dog

What does Huck drag to the river to simulate a body being disposed of?

• The pig wrapped in a blanket
• A sack filled with big rocks
• A log the same size as himself
• His old clothes stuffed with straw

Why does Huck create a meal-sack trail leading to the shallow lake?

• To feed the ducks living there
• To mark the path so he can return later
• To mislead searchers into thinking robbers fled that direction
• To attract wild animals away from the cabin

Where does Huck go at the end of Chapter 7?

• St. Petersburg
• Cairo, Illinois
• Jackson's Island
• The Widow Douglas's house

Who passes Huck's hiding spot while he waits under the willows at nightfall?

• The Widow Douglas
• Tom Sawyer
• Judge Thatcher
• Pap

Huck tells Pap about finding the canoe on the river.

Huck pulls out some of his own hair and sticks it on the bloodied axe.

In the chapter, what does "palavering" mean?

• Fighting aggressively
• Talking idly at length
• Working hard at a task
• Sneaking around quietly

What is a "whetstone" as used in this chapter?

• A type of river stone used for skipping
• A heavy stone for anchoring boats
• A fine-grained stone for sharpening blades
• A decorative stone kept as a good-luck charm

What does "abreast" mean when Huck says the skiff was "abreast of me"?

• Far ahead of him
• Directly behind him
• Side by side with him
• Coming toward him head-on