The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnBy Mark Twain

Directions. As we read Huck Finn, answer the following discussion questions in the JOURNAL section of your notebook.

CHAPTER 6.

1. Why is Huck going to school now?

2. Why does Huck at first enjoy living with Pap?

3. How does Pap feel about the “govment” and “educated niggers”?

4. Account for Pap’s unusual behavior.

CHAPTER 7.

5. Why does Huck kill the pig?

6. As Huck prepares to escape, he wishes Tom Sawyer were there. “I knowed he would take an interest in this kind of business, and throw in the fancy touches.” How are Huck’s preparations different from those Tom would make?

7. Describe Huck’s emotions when he first sets out on the river.

8. Where is Huck headed?

CHAPTER 8.

9. Why are people firing a cannon over the water?

10. What is the reason for floating bread down the river?

11. Why is Jim afraid of Huck?

12. Why has Jim run away?

13. Is there any difference between the superstition of Huck and the superstition of Jim?

14. What does the chapter suggest about civilization?

15. At this point, how would you describe Huck’s attitude toward Jim?

CHAPTERS 6-10 STUDY GUIDE 1

Mrs. Hendrix English III

CHAPTER 9.

16. Why is there a house floating down the river?

17. What do Huck and Jim find in the house?

CHAPTER 10.

18. How does the snake come to be in Jim’s blanket?

19. What does Jim do for the snakebite?

20. What does Huck’s reaction show about him?

21. Why does Huck dress up like a girl?

CHAPTERS 6-10.

22. What sort of person does Huck reveal his father to be? What is Huck’s relationship with his father?

23. Why does Huck stage his own murder rather than simply running away? What repercussions could this choice have on those who care about him?

24. What are Huck’s feelings about the river and living closely with nature?

25. Why does Huck tell Jim he won’t turn him in, when he is so frankly opposed to abolition? What does this reveal about Huck’s character?

26. Huck and Jim are runaways seeking freedom. In two columns, list the reasons and differences in their motivation to escape.

CHAPTERS 6-10 STUDY GUIDE 2

Mrs. Hendrix English III