Discussion Questions, Chapters XVI-XXV

1. How does an increasing awareness of Jim's wife and children change Huck's attitude toward slavery?

2. Why does the slave Jack say he wants to show Huck "a whole stack o' water-moccasins"?

3. What does the Dolphin mean when he says "It ain't my fault I warn't born a duke, it ain't your fault you warn't born a king—so what's the use to worry"?

4. What are the differences between the Duke and the Dolphin?

5. How does Colonel Sherburn prevent the townspeople from lynching him?

6. What is wrong with kings, according to Huck?

7. Why does Dr. Robinson fail to convince the townspeople and the Wilks family that the Duke and the Dolphin are impostors?