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WorksheetsThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who broke the sugar bowl?
a)
Tom
b)
Joe
c)
Huck
d)
Sid
2.
Why did Aunt Polly make Tom whitewash the fence on a Saturday morning?
a)
company was coming and she wanted the place to look nice
b)
she thought Tom broke the sugar bowl
c)
she caught Tom coming in late one night
d)
there was a good sale on paint at the hardware store
3.
How many days were Tom and Becky lost in the cave?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
4.
How did Tom and friends obtain the schoolmaster's wig?
a)
they took it off his head while he was sleeping
b)
they lowered a cat from the rafters to snatch it
c)
they spilled ink on the floor, and when he bent down to look, they took it off his head
d)
they asked him if they could have it
5.
What club did Tom join and quit?
a)
the circus
b)
the minstrel show
c)
General's Army
d)
Cadets of Temperance
6.
Who was Tom's love interest?
a)
Amy Lawrence
b)
Becky Thatcher
c)
Both of the above
d)
None of the above
7.
Who was NOT a pirate?
a)
Huckleberry Finn
b)
Albert Temple
c)
Joe Harper
d)
Tom Sawyer
8.
Why did Doc Robinson want to dig up Hoss Williams' body?
a)
to steal and sell the organs
b)
to perform medical studies
c)
to make sure he was dead
d)
to bury a treasure there instead
9.
Who did Doc Robinson hire to help dig up Hoss Williams' body?
a)
Muff Potter and Ben Rogers
b)
Injun Joe and the Deaf & Dumb Spaniard
c)
Mr. Dobbins and Muff Potter
d)
Muff Potter and Injun Joe
10.
Why were Tom and Huck in the graveyard by Hoss Williams' grave?
a)
to cure warts
b)
to tell ghost stories
c)
to get headstone rubbings for art class
d)
to prove they were brave
11.
What evidence at the graveyard helped solidify Tom's testimony in court?
a)
the shovel
b)
the knife
c)
the cat's corpse
d)
Injun Joe's footprints
12.
Who said "How could you be so noble"?
a)
Aunt Polly
b)
Mary
c)
Alfred
d)
Becky
13.
Who is the half-breed?
a)
Muff Potter
b)
Injun Joe
c)
Huck Finn
d)
Jim
14.
Who was accused of murdering Doc Robinson?
a)
Muff Potter
b)
Injun Joe
c)
Huckleberry Finn
d)
Widow Douglas
15.
Why didn't Muff Potter know what happened to Doc?
a)
he was knocked out at the time
b)
he was under the influence of alcohol
c)
both of the above
d)
none of the above
16.
Why was Injun Joe upset with Doc Robinson?
a)
he wanted to get paid more $$
b)
Doc's father had him thrown in jail
c)
he wanted Doc to have better digging tools
d)
Doc was forcing him to do something he didn't believe was right
17.
Why was Injun Joe upset with Widow Douglas?
a)
she had him thrown in jail
b)
she wouldn't give him any ice cream
c)
she wouldn't return his affections
d)
her husband had him tarred & feathered
18.
"If you flinch, I'll kill you"
a)
Huck to Tom in the tannery after the murder
b)
Aunt Polly to Tom when she was giving him painkiller
c)
Injun Joe to his partner before approaching Widow Douglas' home
d)
Tom to Becky trying to stay quiet in the cave so Injun Joe doesn't find them
19.
What was Becky doing when Tom surprised her in the schoolhouse?
a)
spilling ink on Tom's spelling book
b)
looking at the master's anatomy book
c)
trying to draw a house like his
d)
flirting with Alfred Temple
20.
Why did the boys come back from Jackson's Island?
a)
Tom was terribly homesick
b)
Joe had the measles
c)
Huck had a fever
d)
to watch their own funeral
21.
How did Aunt Polly know that Tom wasn't lying about coming back from the island that one night?
a)
Mrs. Harper told her
b)
she found the bark in his coat pocket that he told her he was going to leave with her
c)
he kissed her on the cheek
d)
she saw it on Snapchat
22.
Where did Injun Joe hide the gold treasure?
a)
in a haunted house on Cardiff Hill
b)
in Tavern #2
c)
in McDougal's cave
d)
in the graveyard
23.
Who took the blame for Becky when she tore the teacher's book?
a)
Alfred Temple
b)
Thomas Sawyer
c)
Amy Lawrence
d)
Joseph Harper
24.
Why did the boys come back to hunt for treasure the next day?
a)
they thought it was bad luck on a Friday
b)
they saw two men running around in the haunted house
c)
it was getting late, and they didn't want to get in trouble at home
d)
it started to rain a lot
25.
What was the "Fate of Injun Joe"?
a)
he fell on a knife in the graveyard
b)
he fell off a cliff into the river
c)
he was hung for the murder of Doc Robinson
d)
he died of starvation in McDougal's cave
26.
Who became Huckleberry Finn's caretaker?
a)
Aunt Polly
b)
Judge Thatcher
c)
Widow Douglas
d)
the Welshman
27.
Who said "bein' rich ain't what it's cracked up to be"?
a)
Tom Sawyer
b)
Joe Harper
c)
Huckleberry Finn
d)
Becky Thatcher
28.
Why did Tom Sawyer admit to talking with Huckleberry Finn when he was late for school?
a)
to take the blame for Becky Thatcher
b)
to get to sit by Becky Thatcher
c)
so he could stay after school for 2 hours
d)
because he liked getting hit with a stick
29.
Who is NOT in Tom's family?
a)
Aunt Polly
b)
Sid
c)
Suzy
d)
Mary
30.
What was Huck Finn’s pirate name?
a)
The Black Avenger of the Spanish Main
b)
The Red Handed
c)
Queen Elizabeth
d)
The Terror of the Seas
31.
Who was the deaf and dumb Spaniard?
a)
Mr. Dobbins
b)
Alfred Temple
c)
Hoss Williams
d)
Injun Joe
32.
Who did Tom think were the first two disciples?
a)
David & Goliath
b)
Adam & Eve
c)
Mutt & Jeff
d)
Batman & Robin
33.
How did Tom get his tickets for a bible?
a)
stealing them
b)
memorizing Bible verses
c)
he was gifted them from an alien civilization
d)
exploiting child labor and tricking his friends
34.
Why did Tom join the Cadets of Temperance?
a)
to become a better member of his community
b)
to help his community grow stronger
c)
to wear the Cadets of Temperance clothing
d)
to have a base of people who opposed superstition & religious influence over public life
35.
Who remembered and recited 4,000 Bible verses?
a)
Mary
b)
Sid
c)
Tom
d)
Huck
36.
How did Tom make it through the cave?
a)
he had bread crumbs
b)
he had a lantern
c)
he used his GPS
d)
he had a line of string
37.
What did Tom say when he was confronted by the kid?
a)
What's your name?
b)
Nice clothes
c)
Can we be friends?
d)
I can lick you
38.
What is NOT one of the things that Tom was given by people who wanted to whitewash?
a)
piece of bottle glass
b)
fifty cent piece
c)
dead rat on a string
d)
tadpoles
39.
Why did Becky get mad at Tom after they got “engaged”?
a)
she didn't like how he kissed her
b)
she fell in love with Alfred Temple
c)
he forgot their lunch date
d)
she found out he used to be engaged to Amy Lawrence
40.
Why had Tom and Huck gone to the cemetery?To watch the Doctor get killed To use a dead cat to get rid of wartsThey followed injun JoeThey were bored
a)
to watch the Doctor get killed
b)
to use a dead cat to get rid of warts
c)
to stalk Injun Joe
d)
they were bored
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