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PART ONE: Huckleberry Finn
1. What is Mark Twain’s real name?
2. What is the name of the town where Huck, Jim, and Tom live at the novel’s
opening?
3. Which of the following is the primary influence on Tom Sawyer?
4. Why doesn't Huck get along with Miss Watson and Widow Douglas?
5. How does Huck know that Pap has returned to St. Petersburg?
6. Why does Jim run away from Miss Watson’s?
7. What kind of animal does Huck kill as part of the plot to fake his own death?
8. Which of the following symbolizes bad luck to Huck and Jim?
9. How do Huck and Jim initially acquire the raft?
10. Down which river do Huck and Jim travel?
11. What is Jim’s initial destination when he and Huck start downriver?
12. What is the name of the wrecked steamboat on which Huck and Jim
encounter the robbers?
13. What event sets off the final gunfight between the Shepherdsons and the
Grangerfords?
14. How did Jim and Huck meet the king and duke?
15. How do the duke and the king dress Jim so that he can stay on the raft
without being tied up?
16. Why did the people return to the the King and Duke’s show?
17. Which Wilks sister is initially suspicious of Huck?
18. Where does Huck hide the Wilks family gold?
19. Why is Huck upset when Jim is sold?
20. Who finally tells Huck that Pap is dead?
21. Which of the following characters gets shot in Jim’s final “escape”?
22. What happens to Jim?
23. How does Tom travel to the Phelps farm?
24. At the end of the novel, which character informs the others that Jim is
actually a free man?
25. Where does Huck intend to go at the novel’s end?
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PART TWO: Reading
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Fun!!!
You will Read the following article: “Amanda Feilding: Woman with a
Hole in her Head” and Answer the questions that follow“
PART THREE: GRAMMAR
KNOW: Parts of a Sentence
Subject
The subject of a sentence is the noun---or word group acting as a noun---that performs
the action expressed in the predicate of a sentence or clause. The subject may be one
word: Sally loves chocolate. The subject may be in a noun phrase:
 Seeing the parade was exciting.

The black and white dog was barking fiercely at the stranger.
Predicate
The predicate is the part of the clause or sentence that says something about the
subject. In other words, the part of the sentences that is not the subject and its modifiers
is the predicate. A predicate can be one word or several words, not all of which are verbs.
The principal part of the predicate is the verb.
 The dog sniffed.

The dog has been sniffing.

The dog sniffed, looked around, and growled.
Compound verbs are two or more verbs joined by a conjunction, (in this sentence, the word and)
and relating to the same subject. The subject of the following sentences is cobra:
 The cobra saw the dog coming closer and raised itself into striking position.

The cobra hissed, opened its hood, and prepared to strike.
Complete predicates are all the words in a clause or sentence except the subject and its modifiers:
 The cobra saw the dog coming closer and raised itself into striking position.

The agile dog moved from side to side rapidly, trying to corner the cobra.
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Objects
The object of a sentence can be a noun, pronoun, or word group that acts as a noun, and
receives the action of a verb or is influenced by a transitive verb, verbal (a word derived
from a verb, i.e., gerund, infinitive, and participle), or a preposition. (More on Objects)
1. Direct object: Receives the action of a verb or verbal and frequently follows it in a
sentence. Direct objects are often needed to complete the thought of a sentence. "Rueben
reads the newspaper." "Reuben reads" is a complete sentence, but it doesn't express
the complete thought. Reuben reads what? He reads the newspaper.
2. Indirect object: Tells for whom, to whom, or to what something is done. "Reuben
reads his grandmother the newspaper." Reuben reads the newspaper to whom? to his
grandmother. Grandmother is the indirect object. Pronouns are also used as indirect
objects: "Reuben reads her the newspaper." Indirect objects often come between the verb
and the direct object.
The sentence could also be: "Reuben reads the newspaper to his grandmother." The
prepositional phrase to his grandmother is the indirect object of the sentence.
3. Object of Preposition: Objects follow prepositions and are linked by them to the
rest of the sentence. (See Prepositional Phrase)
Complements (See also Complements page)
A word or word group that completes the meaning of a subject, an object, or a verb.
1. Subject complement: Follows a linking verb and modifies or refers to the
subject. It may be a noun (also known as a predicate noun or nominative) or an
adjective (also known as a predicate adjective).
 Olivia is pretty. (The adjective pretty is a subject complement; it describes
the subject, Olivia.)

Annie is an English teacher. (The noun phrase English teacher is also a
subject complement; it describes Annie.)
2. Object complement: Follows and modifies or refers to a direct object.

Blake considers American television silly. (television is the direct
object. silly describes television; it is the object complement.)

The judges elected her Miss Brazil, 2002. (Miss Brazil is the object
complement, describing the direct object her.)
3. Verb complement: This is a direct or indirect object of a verb. It may be a
noun, pronoun, or word or word group acting as a noun.
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Aunt Gertie gave Patty my dessert. (Patty is the indirect object, my dessert is
the direct object of the verb gave. Both are considered verb complements.)
PART FOUR: ACT PRACTICE ONE MORE TIME!!!! (13 English
Test Questions!)
PART FIVE: ESSAY
DIRECTIONS: Develop the following in a some sort of well-thought out essay!!!
First, why is being happy important. Second, using Thoreau
(“Walden”), Emerson (“Nature” & “Self-Reliance”), Happy (the
documentary), The Dead Poets Society, and other materials we
have read/viewed this year, what are some of the ways, according
to these writers and directors, we can make ourselves happy? Do
you agree or disagree with them? How do you make yourself
happy?
Key Organizational Concepts
Introduction—Opening of your essay. Usually uses a strategy to gain readers’
interest (a quotation, a definition, an anecdote, questions, startling statements),
followed by the thesis. In a literary essay like this one, if you can’t think of another
way to start, begin either with a key word or with the author’s name. Include title
and author in the intro paragraph.
Thesis statement—Gives your opinion about the topic, what you are going to prove
in your essay. Usually found at the end of your introduction.
Body—The middle part of your essay, where you support and develop your thesis.
Topic sentence—Gives the main idea of a paragraph i n the body of your essay.
Concrete details—Quotations, facts, reasons, examples in support of your thesis.
Each body paragraph should contain two or more.
Commentary—Analysis of your concrete details, explaining what the details mean
and why they matter. Each body paragraph ought to include both concrete details
and commentary.
Conclusion—Sums up your essay in an interesting way. Does not introduce new
information. May restate main ideas or thesis statement. May link specifics of the
essay to the “wider world.”
Key Style Concepts
Vary your sentence lengths and beginnings. Avoid beginning with And, But, So.
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Keep pronoun usage consistent. In an analytical essay it is most appropriate to use
thirdperson pronouns. Avoid you.
Keep verb tense consistent, either all present or all past tense.
Avoid contractions and informal language. Spell out small numbers.
Express similar actions and ideas together using parallel structure (same verb form,
etc.).
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!
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