Packet 6: Tossup 21

A novel titled for this character opens with an italicized excerpt from Daniel Decatur Emmett’s notebook. A boy pranks this sleeping character by placing a dead rattlesnake beside him, only for a real snake to arrive and bite his ankle. A novel is reimagined in this character’s perspective in a Percival Everett book that won a 2025 Pulitzer Prize. This “Sick Arab” encounters the title character on (*) Jackson’s Island. Miss Watson threatens this character that she could obtain 800 dollars for him. This character consoles a companion after seeing Pap’s corpse, after which they continue to raft down the Mississippi. For 10 points, name this escaped slave who accompanies Huckleberry Finn. ■END■

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