The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Chapters 8 - 11

1. What purpose(s) does Huck's death serve?

2. How does Huck meet Jim on Jackson's Island? Why is Jim there?

3. What is in the two story house that floats by?

4. Give three examples of Man vs. Society in this section.

5. How are the townspeople superstitious? Jim? Huck? Give examples.

6. Compare/contrast Huck & Jim.

7. Why does Huck dress as a girl to go ashore? Why does he go? What does he find out?

8. How do you know Huck and Jim are friends by the end of Chapter XI?

Vocabulary - Huckleberry Finn Chapters 8-11

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. Well, then I happened to think how they always put quicksilver in loaves of bread and float them off...

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2. When they got abreast the head of the island they quit shooting...

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3. When I got to camp I warn't feeling very brash...

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4. When breakfast was ready we lolled on the grass...

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5. People will call me a low-down abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum...

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6. "What did you speculate in, Jim?"

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Part II: Determining the Meaning

You have tried to figure out the meanings of the vocabulary words for Chapters 8-11. 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. brash                             A. mercury

___ 2. lolled                            B. person against slavery

___ 3. abolitionist                   C. uninhibited, tactless, impudent

___ 4. quicksilver                    D. make a risky financial transaction

___ 5. speculate                      E. relaxed

___ 6. abreast                          F. side by side