Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Reading Assignment--11/13/07

Remember that we don't formally meet tomorrow. You are to meet with your group and discuss Chapters 16-30. Please finish the book by Monday, November 19, 2007. Here is the reading quiz that goes with that section of the book.

Reading Quiz:


1. At whose house was Jim when Huck came back to the raft?
2. How much did the king get for Jim?
3. How much was the reward for Jim?
4. What is Silas' wife's name?
5. Who do Mr. and Mrs. Phelps think Huck is?
6. Who was coming from town in a wagon?
7. What did the stranger do to Aunt sally that made her almost hit him?
8. What happened to the king and the duke?
9. What two clues assured Tom and Huck that Jim was in the shed?
10. How did Tom and Huck finally decide to free Jim?
11. What did Tom and Huck hear that made them stop talking about Jim's escape?
12. How many knives did Tom want Huck to "smouch"?
13. What kind of pie did Tom tell Nat to make?
14. How many tallow candles did tom steal?
15. Where do they keep the boots and rags, and pieces of bottles and wore-out tin things, and all such truck?
16. According to Tom, from where did William the Conqueror come, and on what ship?
17. What does "Maggoire fretta, minore atto" mean?
18. What was Jim to get instead of a rattlesnake?
19. What was Tom going to put in Jim's coffee pot?
20. What did Tom and Huck see dripping from the rafters , landing on plates and down the back of your neck?
21. What did Tom and Huck do with the sawdust?
22. What happened that alerted the farmers to Tom, Huck, and Jim's presence?
22. What was Jim wearing during the "evasion"?
23. Who went to get the doctor? Huck
23. Why?
25. Why didn't the dogs lead the farmers to Jim and the boys?
26. How much did the doctor say a nigger like Jim was worth?
27. How much money was waiting for Huck back home?
28. How did Huck's Pap die?

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