CHAPTER 9 Quiz — The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Where do Huck and Jim decide to store their supplies on Jackson's Island?

• In a hollow tree near the riverbank
• In a cavern near the top of a steep ridge
• In a small cabin they build from logs
• Under a rock overhang by the water

How does Jim predict the approaching thunderstorm?

• He reads a farmer's almanac
• He feels pain in an old injury
• He observes the behavior of birds
• He notices the river level dropping

What does Huck say during the thunderstorm that reveals his contentment?

• "This is the life for me, Jim."
• "I wouldn't want to be nowhere else but here."
• "We're safe as can be up in this cave."
• "I reckon we'll never go back to town."

How long does the river continue to rise after the storm?

• Three or four days
• About a week
• Ten or twelve days
• Nearly a month

What do Huck and Jim find floating down the river that they board?

• A steamboat wreck
• A large raft with a cabin
• A two-story frame house
• A flatboat loaded with goods

What does Jim discover about the man lying on the floor of the floating house?

• He is sleeping off a night of drinking
• He is alive but badly injured
• He is dead, naked, and shot in the back
• He is tied up and gagged

Which valuable item does Huck specifically note as being "worth two bits in any store"?

• A tin lantern
• A butcher knife
• A Barlow knife
• A hatchet

Why does Huck have Jim lie down and cover up with a quilt on the return trip?

• Jim is feeling sick from the dead body
• So people on shore cannot tell a Black man is in the canoe
• To protect Jim from the cold morning air
• Jim is too tired to paddle

Huck and Jim find a dead man shot in the back inside the floating house.

Huck and Jim use dynamite to break apart floating logs for firewood.

What does the word "hogshead" mean in the sentence "The door of the cavern was big enough to roll a hogshead in"?

• A large boulder
• A large barrel or cask
• A small wagon
• A wooden chest

In Jim's dialect, what does "gashly" mean when he says the dead man's face is "too gashly"?

• Too familiar
• Too decomposed to identify
• Ghastly; extremely horrifying or gruesome
• Too pale and bloodless

What is a "reticule" as mentioned among the items found in the floating house?

• A fishing net
• A type of telescope
• A small handbag or purse
• A sewing frame