The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Name: __________________________________________________________ Date: ________________

Chapters 1-3

1. Identify: Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, Jim, Miss Watson and Widow Douglas.

2. Why doesn't Huck get along with Miss Watson and Widow Douglas?

3. What does Huck think about religion -- specifically the good place, the bad place and prayer?

4. Give at least two examples of superstition in this section of the novel.

5. Contrast Huck and Tom. What are their main differences?

VOCABULARY - Huckleberry Finn

Chapter 1-3 Part I: Using Prior Knowledge and Contextual Clues

Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the sentence. Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and write what you think the underlined words mean on the lines provided.

1. ...considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways, and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out.

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2. Well, then, the old thing commenced again.

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3. ...you couldn't go right to eating but you had to wait for the widow to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals...

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4. "Some authorities think different but mostly it's considered best to kill them-except some that

you bring to the cave here, and keep them till they're ransomed."

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5. ...though they was only lath and broomsticks and you might scour at them till you rotted...

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6. He said it was all done by enchantment.

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Part II: Determining the Meaning

You have tried to figure out the meanings of the vocabulary words for Chapters 1-3. Now match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions. If there are words for which you cannot figure out the definition by contextual clues and by process of elimination, look them up in a dictionary.

___ 1. victuals              A. free from captivity for a price

___ 2. commenced             B. food

___ 3. dismal                C. magic; sorcery

___ 4. ransomed              D. gloom or depression

___ 5. lath                  E. began

___6. enchantment            F. building material