Section: Evidence-Based Reading

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This passage in paragraph 2 ...

"It was because my heart warn't right; it was because I warn't square; it was because I was playing double."

... Huck's heart wasn't "square" because he was seeing "double." This is because

He knows that his conscience is in conflict with what he has always been taught is right.
He knows he will immediately or eventually regret saving Jim.
He doesn't want to be the laughingstock of his community.
He was never good at geometry.

Explanation

Answer 4 is ridiculous. Answers 2 and 3 are incorrect because his conscience wants him to save Jim and any perceived shame runs deeper then getting laughed at. Answer 1 is the best choice.