Adventures of Tom Sawyer Literary Terms

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Tom appears reluctant to allow Ben to paint the fence.

• Tom is commanded by Aunt Polly to paint the fence.

• Tom runs out of whitewash for the fence by mid-afternoon.

• Tom collects items from several boys who want to paint.

Which word best describes Mark Twain’s tone in telling the story?

• critical

• mysterious

• innocent

• amused

Tom Sawyer learns that work is

• an honest way to earn money.

• needed to make a home look good.

• anything someone is required to do.

• an opportunity to do things he enjoys

Tom tells Ben Rogers that he likes whitewashing the fence to

• trick Ben into doing the work for him.

• prove that he has artistic talent.

• avoid going swimming with Ben.

• show there are many chores he enjoys

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.