Adventures of Tom Sawyer Review

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

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2. 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 as punishment

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

• Tom collects items from several boys who want to paint

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

• critical

• innocent

• mysterious

• amused

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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

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

• trick Ben into doing the work for him

• avoid going swimming with Ben

• show that there are many chores he enjoys

• prove that he has artistic talent

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

• one of the story’s characters

• a narrator who speaks for Tom

• a humorous first-person narrator

• an omniscient third-person narrator

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7. Covet means to

• trick someone into working

• strongly wish for something

• obtain something by lying

• cover something with blankets

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8. What does dilapidated mean?

• full of water

• at ground level

• perfectly sized

• falling apart

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9. Someone who is particular

• pays attention to details

• likes to play with children

• needs help to understand

• wants to be paid for work

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To survey a fence means to

• protect it

• question it

• inspect it

• locate it

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