Huckleberry Finn Chapter 7 Quiz and Flashcards

Study Notes

Huck continues to attend school despite Pap's abuse, primarily to spite his father.
Pap is waiting for the court's decision regarding Huck's money, but it is a slow process.
Pap threatens to kidnap Huck and take him to the Illinois side of the river in a skiff.
They settle in an old abandoned cabin, where Pap locks Huck up when he goes into town for supplies.
Huck plans an elaborate scheme to escape by faking his own death.

Huck escapes from Pap by sawing his way out of the cabin, loading his canoe with supplies, and faking his own murder.
He arrives on Jackson's Island, where he feels comfortable and relaxed.
Huck is interrupted by the loud "boom" of a cannon being fired from a ferryboat searching for his supposed dead body.
He uses a loaf of bread filled with quicksilver to locate his body and eats the bread for breakfast.
Huck gets lonely on the island and decides to explore, finding berries and green summer grapes.

Huck discovers Jim, Miss Watson's slave, on the island, who has also "run off".
Huck and Jim move their belongings into a cave in a high bluff and explore the island in their canoe.
They find a large raft and a two-story frame house that has floated down in the rising waters.
They discover a dead man who has been shot in the back, and Jim covers him with old rags.

Huck and Jim have a comfortable life on the island, finding useful items and eight dollars in the floating house.
Huck wants to discuss the dead man, but Jim says talking about it will bring bad luck.
Huck gets bored and decides to go into town to see what is happening, disguising himself as a girl named Sarah Williams.
He visits Mrs. Judith Loftus, who has heard of Huck's supposed murder and Jim's escape.
She tells him about the three hundred dollar reward offered for Jim and suspects that Jim might be hiding on Jackson's Island.

Huck learns about the danger and hurries back to the island, making a fire in his old campsite.
He warns Jim to get going because "They're after us."
Jim quickly gets to work packing the raft and the canoe, and they slip away in dead silence.