1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. Why does Jim run away? | Although Jim does not give more explicit reasons for his escape, the reader can infer two major motivating factors. First, given Jim’s evident fear, he likely worries that he will suffer under worse conditions if he were forced to move further South, deeper into slave territory. Second, Jim’s emphasis on the exchange of money indicates his resentment at being treated like property. | 2. What trick does Huck play on Jim after they get separated in the fog? | In Chapter 15, shortly after the incident where Huck and Jim encounter a trio of murderous thieves on a wrecked steamboat, a thick fog sets in at night. Huck gets in the canoe and paddles off to find a place to secure the raft, but he forgets to tie the rope to the raft and accidentally gets separated from Jim. When Huck eventually finds his way back to the raft, he wakes Jim up and tries to convince him that he dreamed the entire episode, fog and all. Jim falls for Huck’s trick for a short while, before piecing the truth back together. But when he figures out Huck’s ruse, Jim shows no sign of amusement. Instead, he explains how deeply anxious he felt at the thought of losing Huck. | 3. Why does Huck write the letter to Miss Watson informing her of Jim’s whereabouts? | In Chapter 31 Huck writes a letter to Miss Watson in order to purge his sins. Huck feels guilty about helping Jim, and he sits down to pray for his own self-improvement. But when he tries to pray the words won’t come, and Huck thinks he knows why: “it was because I was playing double. I was letting on to give up sin, but away inside of me I was holding on to the biggest one of all.” In essence, Huck realizes that he cannot match the words of his prayer with meaningful action. Huck’s inability to match word and action only perpetuates his original sin, which was to help Jim escape. In order to relieve the tension of his sinfulness, Huck resolves to make good on his word by putting pen to paper. Immediately after he writes the letter Huck feels relief: “I felt good and all washed clean of sin.” But as he starts to think about Jim’s companionship and the comfort it has offered, Huck’s sense of guilt resurfaces, and he rips up the letter. | 4. When does Jim earn his freedom? | Although Jim only learns about his freedom at the end of the book, in reality he has been a free man since Widow Douglas’s death two months prior. The delay in this news has important implications for the story. For one thing, it absolves Huck of some of his guilt for helping a runaway slave. More importantly, though, the delay demonstrates a fundamental difference of character between Huck and Tom. Tom delivers the news of Jim’s freedom after he and Huck have gone through all of the trouble of planning and executing Jim’s escape. Tom’s actions indicate that unlike Huck, who has grown to understand Jim’s humanity, Tom is fine with treating Jim like just another character in a fictional adventure scenario. Tom’s failure to deliver the news also ends up showcasing the strength of Jim’s character. When the escape plan goes awry and Tom gets shot in the leg, Jim gives up what may be his last chance at freedom in order to save the boy’s life. | 5. Why doesn’t Huck want to be adopted by Aunt Sally? | Huck doesn’t want to be adopted by Aunt Sally because she doesn’t conform to his idea of freedom. |
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What trick does Huck play on Jim after they get separated in the fog?&choe=UTF-8
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Why does Huck write the letter to Miss Watson informing her of Jim’s whereabouts?&choe=UTF-8
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When does Jim earn his freedom?&choe=UTF-8
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Why doesn’t Huck want to be adopted by Aunt Sally?&choe=UTF-8
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