Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by

Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Chapter 16 Quiz 6 questions

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Why do both Huck and Jim experience trembles and fever as they approach Cairo, Illinois?
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They are both excited about the adventures they're going to experience in a larger town
Huck is physically ill due to the harsh conditions of their journey, and Jim is worried about bad omens he's seen regarding Huck's health
Huck is scared of the consequences of helping Jim, an enslaved man, and Jim is anxious about achieving his freedom from slavery
They are both nervous about the dangerous river conditions near Cairo
Why is Huck unsettled by Jim's plan to free his family after gaining his own freedom?
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Huck fears that helping Jim will make him an accomplice to "theft"
Huck thinks Jim's plan to work and save money to free his family is unrealistic
Huck disagrees with Jim's intention to involve abolitionists in his plan
Huck worries about the potential violence in Jim's plan
What strategy does Huck employ to prevent the armed men from discovering Jim on the raft?
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Huck confesses that he has a runaway slave on his raft
Huck tells the men that he is alone on the raft
Huck lies that his white father is on the raft, who is suffering from contagious smallpox
Huck challenges the men to a fight to divert their attention
What new ethical standpoint does Huck adopt following the incident with the armed slave-hunters?
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He decides to always follow societal norms, irrespective of his personal feelings
He resolves to always act in self-interest
He endorses an ethic of doing whatever is "handy," or whatever his heart tells him to do at the time
He chooses to disregard his conscience entirely in future decisions
What is Jim's reaction to realizing they have accidentally passed Cairo?
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He gets angry and blames Huck's poor navigating for the mistake
He breaks down and loses hope of ever gaining freedom
He insists on turning back and trying to find Cairo again
He blames it on the bad luck brought by the rattlesnake skin and moves on
Why are Huck and Jim forced to continue rafting downriver instead of paddling to Cairo?
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They lose their canoe and need to reach a place where they can buy a new one
They spot a steamboat in the distance and want to avoid being seen
The current of the river is too strong to paddle upstream in search of Cairo
The canoe is damaged and unfit for use