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1. In Chapter 10 Huck kills a rattle snake. What practical joke does Huck then try to play on Jim?  What happen to Jim?

2. In Chapter 11 Huck, disguised as a girl, attempts to get news from a new woman in town. According to this woman, who did the townspeople at first think had killed Huck?

3. Where has the woman's husband gone?

4. The woman soon sees through Huck's disguise. List three actions that she says gave Huck away.

5. In chapter 12 Huck and Jim pass St. Louis and. a few nights later, they come across a sinking steamboat. Whom does hick spy on there?

6. At the very end of the chapter, when Huck tells Jim that they must hurry back to the raft, what does Jim tell Huck?

7. In chapter 13 Jim and Huck try to steal the robbers' ifff when two of the robbers appear, about to leave the steamboat. Why do the robbers postpone their action?  What do huck and Jim do then?

8. In chapter 13 Huck and Jim recover their raft. then Huck wakes the watchman of a ferryboat. What does he ask this man to do?  Despite Huck's efforts, what happens to the steamboat?

9. in chapter 15 Huck loses the raft in a fog, and he and Jum are separated. when Huck finds the raft again, he tries to trick Jim into.

10. After he realizes that huck is fooling him, what does Jim say about "trash"?  What does Huck then do?

11. In chapter 16, as they approach Cairo, Illinois, and freedom for Jim, what does Huck's conscience say to him?

12. As Huck is paddling away, what does Jim say that makes Huck feel "sick"?

13. What does Huck answer when the two slave hunters ask about his companion?

14. After Hick returns to the raft, he and Jim learn that they have unknowingly passed cair. What do they then hear "paddling along," and what happens to the raft, Huck, and Jim?

15. Huck soon becomes acquainted with this new family. What is the name of the son who is Huck's age?

16. In chapter 18 Huck describes an encounter between Buck and Harney Shepherdson. What reason does Buck give Huck for wanting to kill Harney?

17. Later in chapter 18 Sophia Grangerford asks Huck to fetch her Bible back from church. What does Huck find in the Bible?

18. Huck's slave offers to show Huck some water Moccasins. To whom does he lead Huck?

19. What news about Sophia does Huck learn when he returns to the house?

20. Near the end of chapter 18, Huck says, "I wished I hadn't ever come ashore that night to see such things." What is he talking about?

21. In chapter 19 Huck and Jim are back on the raft. When he goes ashore, Huck sees a pair of men running. Describe each man.