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10. How does Huck know his father has returned?
- On his way home, Huck noticed that there were boot tracks in the snow; these tracks were unique in that one has the shape of nails.
11. What does Huck do with his money? Why? - He gave it to Judge Thatcher, so he won’t have to with it with Pap.
12. Why do the Widow Douglas and Judge Thatcher fail in their petition to become Huck’s guardians? -They fail because the judge doesn’t want to separate the families and his father came back
13. How does Huck escape his father?
-One day Huck went out and found a canoe and hid it in the woods. Another day, when his dad was gone, Huck finishes sawing open a whole in a wall in the back of the cabin that he has started sawing some days earlier. When he completed, he gathered supplies and food to the canoe. He also came up with a master plan to make it seem like he got murdered by killing a pig, and messing up the cabin with an ax. He then went to this canoe and slept, and the next day he rowed out to Jackson's Island.
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How does Twain satirize 'do-gooders' in his description of Pap's "reform?" How is the new judge different than Thatcher and the Widow Douglas?
-Twain mocks 'do-gooders' because whenever Pap said he was sorry and would change, they automatically thought he would change and believed him. However, Pap never kept his word and continued getting drunk and beating Huck. The new judge is different because he is new to the town and doesn't know the relationship between Huck and his father, if he did, he probably would have separated Huck from his

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