Directions: For the next 40 minutes, do one of the following activities.
I. Answer the following questions
Chapter 25
1. Who are the three Wilks’ sisters?
2. Why do the king and the duke add $415 of their own money to that hidden in the cellar?
3. What do the king and duke do which seems to confirm beyond a doubt that they are the girls’ uncles?
Chapter 26
1. What makes Huck want to help the three sisters?
2. Who is the only other person in town who doesn’t believe the king and the duke are the real uncles?
3. How does Huck find out where the king and the duke have hidden the money?
Chapter 27
1. Where does Huck hide the money after he takes it from the king’s room?
2. What horrible thing do the Duke and the King do the next day?
3. When questioned, whom does Huck suggest stole the money?
II. Draw a Cartoon
Choose a key moment from any of these chapters and draw a cartoon/illustration that reveals how Huck may—or may not—be developing morally.
III. Write a Creative Paragraph in the Style of Twain
Look at Twain’s vivid description of the undertaker. Answer the questions below and then write an original description of a person engaged in some unusual line of work.