The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Final Comprehension

How does Tom solve the problem of having to whitewash the fence?

• He trades jobs with Jim, who was going to get water from the well.

• He pays friends with his trinkets.

• He makes painting the fence seem important and envious to other boys.

• He pretends he is an artist to make it fun for himself.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why does Tom tell the schoolmaster that he has been fraternizing with Huck Finn?

• to stick up for Huck

• to be placed in the girls' section

• to get sent home from school

• to get glory

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What shakes Tom's "whole structure of faith"?

• A superstition of his fails

• Becky refuses to notice him

• The minister prays too long

• Muff potter is blamed for the doctor's murder

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who said, " I never did see the beat of that boy!"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why did the Injun Joe and Muff Potter come to the graveyard?

• to murder Dr. Robinson

• to take the body of Hoss Williams

• to try our a cure for warts

• to steal money from Dr. Robinson

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why do Tom and Joe have a difficult time falling asleep on Jackson Island the first night?

• Huck Finn talks in his sleep.

• They imagine they are being hunted by Indians.

• They fell in the river.

• Their conscience makes them feel guilty.

What does Tom confess in his heart as the congregation sings at his "funeral"?

• sadness for Huck

• embarrassment

• happiest moment of his life

• proudest moment of his life

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Name the speaker: "She talks awful, but talk don't hurt--anyways it don't if she don't cry."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Name the person spoken about: "the pipe dropped from the fingers of the Red-handed, and he slept the sleep of the conscience-free and the weary."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was written on the sycamore bark?

• We ain't dead--we are only off being Indians.

• We ain't dead--we are only off being pirates.

• I love you, Aunt Polly.

• I will come home soon, Aunt Polly.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3