Tom Sawyer review

What conflict, or problem, does Tom face in the story?

• He has to convince Ben Rogers to act like a riverboat

• He has to whitewash a fence and does not want to

• He has to find enough work for his friends to do.

• He has to stop his friends from painting a fence.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.9A

2. Which is an example of dramatic irony, or knowledge the readers have but the characters do not?

• Tom is commanded by Aunt Polly to paint the fence, but the reader knows it was really his choice.

• Tom runs out of whitewash for the fence by mid-afternoon, but the reader knows he has more.

• Tom collects items from several boys who want to paint, but the reader knows the items are just junk.

• Tom appears reluctant to allow Ben to paint the fence, but the reader knows he is lying.

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CCSS.RL.8.6

3. Which word best describes Mark Twain's tone in telling the story?

• critical

• innocent

• amused

• mysterious

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

4. Tom Sawyer learns that work is

• needed to make a home look good

• anything someone is required to do

• an opportunity to do things he enjoys

• an honest way to earn money

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CCSS.RL.8.2

5. Tom tells Ben Rogers that he likes whitewashing the fence to

• prove that he has artistic talent

• avoid going swimming with Ben

• trick Ben into doing the work for him

• show there are many chores he enjoys

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

6. The story is told from the point of view of

• one of the story's characters

• a humorous first person narrator

• a narrator who speaks for Tom

• an omniscient third-person narrator

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CCSS.RI.8.6

7. In the story Tom _________________Ben's apple.

• coveted

• dilapidated

• survey

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

8. On my street there is a run down, abandoned__________house

• dilapidated

• particular

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

9. My teacher is _______________about students following directions.

• particular

• survey

• coveted

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

10. I ____________________my test carefully, before I turn it in.

• survey

• coveted

• dilapidated

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CCSS.L.8.4A