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- Source A: 19th-century prose fiction
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
An extract from a work first published in 1885.
This extract is taken from Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, during Huck and Jim’s raft journey on the Mississippi. After a night of fog, Huck’s trick leads Jim to interpret a ‘dream’ and then confront him, prompting Huck’s uncomfortable reflection on friendship and respect.
Source A
1 EXTRACTION START: “What fog?” “Why, de fog!—de fog dat’s been aroun’ all night. En didn’t you whoop, en
6 didn’t I whoop, tell we got mix’ up in de islands en one un us got los’ en t’other one was jis’ as good as los’, ’kase he didn’ know whah he wuz? En didn’t I bust up agin a lot er dem islands en have a turrible time en mos’ git drownded? Now ain’ dat so, boss—ain’t it so? You answer me dat.”
11 “Well, this is too many for me, Jim. I hain’t seen no fog, nor no islands, nor no troubles, nor nothing. I been setting here talking with you all night till you went to sleep about ten minutes ago, and I reckon I done the same. You couldn’t a got drunk in that time, so of course you’ve been dreaming.”
16 “Dad fetch it, how is I gwyne to dream all dat in ten minutes?” “Well, hang it all, you did dream it, because there didn’t any of it happen.” “But, Huck, it’s all jis’ as plain to me as—”
21 “It don’t make no difference how plain it is; there ain’t nothing in it. I know, because I’ve been here all the time.” Jim didn’t say nothing for about five minutes, but set there studying over it.
26 Then he says: “Well, den, I reck’n I did dream it, Huck; but dog my cats ef it ain’t de powerfullest dream I ever see. En I hain’t ever had no dream b’fo’ dat’s tired me like dis one.”
31 “Oh, well, that’s all right, because a dream does tire a body like everything sometimes. But this one was a staving dream; tell me all about it, Jim.” So Jim went to work and told me the whole thing right through, just as it
36 happened, only he painted it up considerable. Then he said he must start in and “’terpret” it, because it was sent for a warning. He said the first tow- head stood for a man that would try to do us some good, but the current was another man that would get us away from him. The whoops was warnings that would come to us every now and then, and if we didn’t try hard to make out to
41 understand them they’d just take us into bad luck, ’stead of keeping us out of it. The lot of tow-heads was troubles we was going to get into with quarrelsome people and all kinds of mean folks, but if we minded our business and didn’t talk back and aggravate them, we would pull through and get out of the fog and into the big clear river, which was the free States, and wouldn’t
46 have no more trouble. It had clouded up pretty dark just after I got on to the raft, but it was clearing up again now.
51 “Oh, well, that’s all interpreted well enough as far as it goes, Jim,” I says; “but what does these things stand for?” It was the leaves and rubbish on the raft and the smashed oar. You could see them first-rate now.
56 Jim looked at the trash, and then looked at me, and back at the trash again. He had got the dream fixed so strong in his head that he couldn’t seem to shake it loose and get the facts back into its place again right away. But when he did get the thing straightened around he looked at me steady without
61 ever smiling, and says: “What do dey stan’ for? I’se gwyne to tell you. When I got all wore out wid work, en wid de callin’ for you, en went to sleep, my heart wuz mos’ broke bekase you wuz los’, en I didn’ k’yer no’ mo’ what become er me en de raf’. En
66 when I wake up en fine you back agin, all safe en soun’, de tears come, en I could a got down on my knees en kiss yo’ foot, I’s so thankful. En all you wuz thinkin’ ’bout wuz how you could make a fool uv ole Jim wid a lie. Dat truck dah is trash; en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren’s en makes ’em ashamed.”
71 Then he got up slow and walked to the wigwam, and went in there without saying anything but that. But that was enough. It made me feel so mean I could almost kissed his foot to get him to take it back.
76 It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger; but I done it, and I warn’t ever sorry for it
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- You are advised to spend about 15 minutes reading through the source and all five questions you have to answer.
- You should make sure you leave sufficient time to check your answers.
Section A: Reading
Answer all questions in this section. You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.
Question 1
Read again the first part of the source, from lines 1 to 5.
Answer all parts of this question.
Choose one answer for each question.
1.1 According to the second speaker, how long has the fog been around?
- It has been around all night.
- It only began at dawn.
- It has lasted about ten minutes.
[1 mark]
1.2 How does Jim respond to Huck’s question about the fog?
- Jim insists fog has been around all night and begins to mention whooping.
- Jim claims not to know what fog is and changes the subject.
- Jim denies any fog and tells Huck to be quiet.
[1 mark]
1.3 According to the second spoken line, for how long has the fog been around?
- all night
- all day
- all week
[1 mark]
1.4 Which statement best summarises the contrast between the two speakers in this exchange?
- The first speaker appears unaware of any fog, while the second speaker insists there has been fog throughout the night.
- Both speakers agree there was fog, but they argue about whether it was thick or thin.
- The first speaker complains of rain, and the second speaker says the weather was calm and clear.
[1 mark]
Question 2
Look in detail at this extract, from lines 11 to 20 of the source:
11 “Well, this is too many for me, Jim. I hain’t seen no fog, nor no islands, nor no troubles, nor nothing. I been setting here talking with you all night till you went to sleep about ten minutes ago, and I reckon I done the same. You couldn’t a got drunk in that time, so of course you’ve been dreaming.”
16 “Dad fetch it, how is I gwyne to dream all dat in ten minutes?” “Well, hang it all, you did dream it, because there didn’t any of it happen.” “But, Huck, it’s all jis’ as plain to me as—”
How does the writer use language here to present Huck’s disbelief and the idea that Jim has been dreaming? You could include the writer’s choice of:
- words and phrases
- language features and techniques
- sentence forms.
[8 marks]
Question 3
You now need to think about the structure of the source as a whole. This text is from the middle of a novel.
How has the writer structured the text to create a sense of intimacy?
You could write about:
- how intimacy deepens by the end of the source
- how the writer uses structure to create an effect
- the writer's use of any other structural features, such as changes in mood, tone or perspective.
[8 marks]
Question 4
For this question focus on the second part of the source, from line 31 to the end.
In this part of the source, Jim’s comment that Huck's lie is ‘trash’ is very powerful. The writer suggests that what Huck sees as a simple joke has caused his friend real pain.
To what extent do you agree and/or disagree with this statement?
In your response, you could:
- consider your impressions of Jim's reaction to Huck's deception
- comment on the methods the writer uses to convey the power of Jim's speech
- support your response with references to the text.
[20 marks]
Question 5
For the Friday briefing email at the distribution depot, staff have been asked to share a short creative piece about night work.
Choose one of the options below for your entry.
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Option A: Describe a warehouse loading bay during a night shift from your imagination. You may choose to use the picture provided for ideas:
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Option B: Write the opening of a story about something going missing at work.
(24 marks for content and organisation, 16 marks for technical accuracy)
[40 marks]