Questions: Chapters 7-15


Chapter 7
23. For what did Huck dive in the water? 
Huck dive in the water for a canoe.
24. What did Huck drop "so as to look like it had been done by accident?"
Huck dropped Pap's whetstone soa as to look like it had been done by accident.
25. What was Huck's destination once he was in the canoe? 


Chapter 8
26. Why was the ferry-boat firing the cannon? 
The ferryboat was firing the cannon because they were trying to make his carcass come to the top.
27. How long is Jackson Island?
-Jackson island is three miles long.
28. What did Huck find that made his "heart jump up amongst his lungs?"
Huck found a snake wich made his heart jump among his longs.
29. Why was Jim afraid of Huck? 
Jim was afraid of Huck because Jim thought that Huck was dead or a ghost.
30. Why didn't Huck believe that bees didn't sting idiots? 
 Huck did not believed that bees did not sting idiots because he had tried them lots of times and they wouldn't sting him.

Chapter 9
31. How wide was the island? 
-The Island was a quarter of mile wide.
32. What did Jim say that the little birds said? 
Jim said that the little birds say that it was going to rain
33. Were they right? 
The birds were right.
34. How did the man in the house die? 
 The man in the house died because he got shot in the back.

Ch. 10
35. What did Huck and Jim find sewed up in the lining of an old blanket overcoat? 
Huck and Jim found eight dollars in the lining of an old blanket.
36. After Jim got bit by the rattlesnake, what did he have Huck do with the rattles? 
After Jim got bit by the rattlesnake he told huck to chop off the snakes head and throw it away and skin the body and roast a pieces.
37. Why does Huck think that Jim got bit by the snake? 
-Huck thought that Jim got bit by the snake because his foot swelled up pretty big and he sucked at the jug.
38. What two objects did they find in the stomach of the catfish? 
Jim and Huck found a brass buttonh and a round ball in the stomach of a catfish.

Ch. 11
39. Who is Sarah Williams?
-Sarah Williams was niece of Abner Moore and she helped huck.
40. Where is Sarah from? 
Sarah is from Hookerville.
41. What three ways did Mrs. Loftus ascertain Sarah's true gender?
Three ways Mrs.Loftus ascertin Sarah's true gender are
-The way she throws
-The way she catches 
-The way she was threading the needle.

Ch. 12
42. What is a tow-head? 
A tow-head is a sand bar that has cotton woods onit as thick as haroow teeth.
43. What two items did Huck and Jim decide to NOT "borrow?" 
-Huck and Jim decide not to borrow crabapples and p'simmons.
44. According to Huck Finn, how much do steamboat captains make per month? 
According to Huck Finn the captains make sixty dollars per month.

Ch. 13
45. What's the name of the wreck? 
The name of the wreck was Walter Scott.
46. According to Huck Finn, how many wives did Solomon have? 
According to Huck Finn solomon has six hundred wives.

Ch. 14
47. How many boxes of cigars did Huck and Jim get from the ferry-boat? 
Huck and Juim got three boxes of cigars from the ferry-boat.
48. How did Louis the XVI die? 
ouis the XVI was decapitated.

Ch. 15
49. Where did Huck lose the raft? 
Huck lost his raft in the fog.

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