Huckleberry Finn trivia quiz questions with answers
Who is the author of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"?
Answer: Mark Twain
What is the name of the protagonist of the novel?
Answer: Huckleberry Finn
In what state does the majority of the novel take
place?
Answer: Missouri
Who is the widow who takes care of Huck in the
beginning of the novel?
Answer: Widow Douglas
What is the name of the slave who becomes Huck's friend
and companion throughout the novel?
Answer: Jim
What is the name of the town where Huck Finn lives with the Widow Douglas?
Answer: St. Petersburg
What is Huck's real name?
Answer: Huckleberry Finn
What is the name of the con artist who pretends to be
the Duke of Bridgewater?
Answer: The King
What is the name of the woman who mistakenly thinks
Huck is her nephew Tom Sawyer?
Answer: Aunt Sally
What is the name of the wealthy and abusive father who
tries to claim Huck's fortune?
Answer: Pap
What does Huck do to fake his own death?
Answer: He kills a pig and spreads its blood around his cabin
What does Huck dress up as to go ashore without being
recognized?
Answer: A girl
What does Huck do with the money he finds on the
wrecked steamboat?
Answer: He gives it to the judge
What is the name of the feuding families Huck and Jim
encounter on their journey?
Answer: The Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons
What is the name of the "deaf and dumb" boy whom Huck
and Jim encounter on their journey?
Answer: Buck
What is the name of the town where Huck and Jim plan to
head to get to the free states?
Answer: Cairo
What is the name of the boat on which Huck and Jim meet
the Duke and the King?
Answer: The Walter Scott
What is the name of the woman who is swindled out of
her inheritance by the Duke and the King?
Answer: Mary Jane Wilks
What is the name of the man who is responsible for the
murder of Huck's father?
Answer: Jim
What is the name of the place where Jim is held
captive?
Answer: Phelps' farm
Who helps Huck to rescue Jim from captivity?
Answer: Tom Sawyer
What is the name of the boy who helps Huck and Tom to
free Jim?
Answer: Nat
What does Jim reveal to Huck about his daughter?
Answer: She was sold to a family in New Orleans
What does Huck decide to do at the end of the novel?
Answer: He decides to head west to avoid being "sivilized"
What is the significance of the number "44" in the
novel?
Answer: It represents bad luck
What is the name of the man who tries to catch Jim and
collect the reward for his capture?
Answer: Silas Phelps
What is the name of the woman who gives Huck
information about her husband's plans to catch Jim?
Answer: Aunt Sally
What is the name of the woman who accuses Jim of being
a runaway slave?
Answer: Mrs. Phelps
