What is special about Mary Jane? She is beautiful and Huck is so moved by her goodness that he resolves to expose the duke and king as the con men they are.
Q. Who are the Wilks in Huckleberry Finn?
William and Harvey Wilks Peter Wilks’ brothers who live in England. Mary Jane, Susan, and Joanna Peter Wilks’ nieces who are tricked by the duke and the king. Dr. Robinson and Levi Bell Two men who do not believe the duke and the king are the Wilks brothers.
Table of Contents
- Q. Who are the Wilks in Huckleberry Finn?
- Q. What Huck says Mary Jane?
- Q. Why does Mary Jane give the king six thousand dollars?
- Q. Why did Huck want Mary Jane to leave before breakfast?
- Q. Why does Huck send Mary Jane to a neighbor’s house?
- Q. How did Huck know that Pap wasn’t drowned?
- Q. Why is Huck upset when Jim is sold?
- Q. What does Huck realize when he tries to run away with Jim?
- Q. Why does Jim say he is rich?
- Q. What is ironic about Jim’s plans for his family?
- Q. Why does Huck want to save Jim Turner?
- Q. How does Huck feel about Aunt Sally?
- Q. Why do Jim and Huck not land in Cairo?
- Q. Why do we hear about Jim’s daughter Lizabeth?
- Q. Why is Jim dressed like a sick Arab?
- Q. Who is Jim’s daughter?
- Q. Why does Jim regret beating his daughter for not listening to him?
- Q. Is Jim’s daughter deaf?
- Q. Why does the Duke print up wanted signs for Jim?
Q. What Huck says Mary Jane?
Huck instructs Mary Jane to leave without seeing her “uncles,” for her innocent face would give away their secret. Huck leaves her a note with the location of the money. She promises to remember him forever and to pray for him.
Q. Why does Mary Jane give the king six thousand dollars?
But Doctor Robinson tells the girls that, as their father’s friend, he begs them to get the king out of their house. Mary Jane responds by giving the king Peter’s six thousand dollars to invest on her and her sister’s behalf. Doctor Robinson tells the girls that they will regret this day and takes his leave.
Q. Why did Huck want Mary Jane to leave before breakfast?
Huck wants Mary Jane to leave the house before anyone sees her because she has an innocent face that will give away any lies.
Q. Why does Huck send Mary Jane to a neighbor’s house?
Huck tells Mary Jane to go away, because he is afraid that she will express in her face knowledge of the duke and king’s fraud, which will in turn allow the two to escape.
Q. How did Huck know that Pap wasn’t drowned?
How did Huck know that his ‘Pap’ waasn’t drowned? Huck determins that the body was not his father by listening to details about the body.
Q. Why is Huck upset when Jim is sold?
Huck is upset when Jim is sold because Jim did all that he could for the King and the Duke and the sold him to strangers for $40.
Q. What does Huck realize when he tries to run away with Jim?
The boy says that the man who captured Jim had to leave suddenly and sold his interest in the captured runaway for forty dollars to a farmer named Silas Phelps. Based on the boy’s description, Huck realizes that it was the dauphin himself who captured and quickly sold Jim.
Q. Why does Jim say he is rich?
Jim says he feels rich already because he owns himself, now that he is free. More summaries and resources for teaching or studying Huckleberry Finn.
Q. What is ironic about Jim’s plans for his family?
What is ironic about Jim’s plans? While Jim talks about his plans to free his family, Huck is simultaneously thinking about giving Jim up as a runaway slave. Jim when he asks where Solomon resides.
Q. Why does Huck want to save Jim Turner?
Huck wants to save Jim because he is a fiercely loyal person who does not run out on his friends.
Q. How does Huck feel about Aunt Sally?
At one point when Huck pretends to find a lost spoon, Aunt Sally thinks she has things figured out – “It’s just as I suspected. In the end, Huck feels guilty that he took advantage of her because her intentions were so good and she was so loving towards him.
Q. Why do Jim and Huck not land in Cairo?
Why don’t Huck and Jim land at Cairo? They unknowingly pass in the heavy river fog. – Huck does this because he feels bad for the robbers and feels that the Widow Douglas would approve of Huck helping the robbers because she has always had a thing for badboys.
Q. Why do we hear about Jim’s daughter Lizabeth?
Jim tells Huck about how he (Jim) had mistreated his daughter before discovering that she was deaf. The mistreatment was carried out for lack of understanding – lack of empathy – and Jim learned a valuable lesson. Importantly, this is a lesson of humility.
Q. Why is Jim dressed like a sick Arab?
Why is Jim dressed up like a sick Arab? So that people will think he is a sick Arab instead of a runaway slave. The idea is to scare people away with his sickly, offensive appearance, but if that doesn’t help, the duke advises him to step out of the wigwam and howl “like a wild beast.”
Q. Who is Jim’s daughter?
Cecelia Marie “Cece” Halpert is the oldest child of Pam and Jim Halpert born on the 4th of March 2010. She is named after both Pam’s grandmother Cecelia and Jim’s grandmother Marie.
Q. Why does Jim regret beating his daughter for not listening to him?
Why does Jim regret beating his daughter for not listening to him? He doesn’t believe in corporal punishment. His daughter is deaf. His wife yells at him.
Q. Is Jim’s daughter deaf?
‘Lizbeth is Jim’s daughter. He tells Huck about the time he beat her for not listening to him. Jim did not know that ‘Lizbeth was deaf at the time.
Q. Why does the Duke print up wanted signs for Jim?
Why does the duke print up wanted signs for Jim? He plans to turn him in and collect a reward. He wants people to think Jim is a murderer. He wants people to believe that Jim is their prisoner.