The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Ch. 21-30

Becky's reaction to the teacher asking her if she tore his anatomy book was shown using which simile?

• Tom had seen "Muff Potter who come back for the knife look as she did, with all the townspeople pointing at him."
• Tom had seen, "a deer in headlights look as frightened as she did."
• Tom had seen "a hunted and helpless rabbit look as she did, with a gun leveled at its head."

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CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The adoration that shone upon him out of poor Becky's eyes seemed pay enough for a hundred floggings," is an example of...

• oxymoron
• personification
• simile
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What was Tom's punishment for the crime he took the blame for on Becky's behalf?

• wearing a dunce cap while sitting on a stool in front of the class for the remainder of the day
• a two-hour detention and the worst paddling the teacher had ever administered
• the teacher going home with him for dinner
• washing his teacher's feet in front of the class

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CCSS.RL.7.1

What mood did Mark Twain likely want the reader to have concerning the students' presentations on Examination Day?

• cheerful
• energetic and positive
• frightening
• boring and stuffy

What happened to Tom during his recitation?

• Stage fright overcame him.
• Becky threw him a kiss, making him lose focus.
• The teacher embarrassed him.
• Aunt Polly came up and hugged and kissed him afterwards.

The fact that everyone but Mr. Dobbins knew a cat was being lowered over his head is an example of...

• situational irony
• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• foreshadowing

After the cat tore off Mr. Dobbins wig, he had to endure another level of humiliation. What was it?

• The sign painter's son had painted, "Dunce," on the teacher's bald head.
• The sign painter's son had painted the teacher's bald head gold.
• The sign painter's song painted, "YOLO," on his bald head.
• The sign painter's son painted a skull and crossbones on his head.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

When the teacher is described as sitting on his throne, the description makes use of what kind of figurative language?

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• oxymoron

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is Tom's main reason for joining The Cadets of Temperance?

• to wear the fancy uniform
• to carry a sword
• to march in a parade and thus impress Becky

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

What reading strategy is at play when Tom realizes that to "promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing."

• Aha Moment
• Tough Questions
• Memory Moment
• Again and Again

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CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4