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Tom Sawyer

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why does Tom hate Monday's?

a)

His mom always makes meatloaf on Mondays and he hates school.

b)

He must go back to school on Mondays and he hates school.

c)

He has a loose tooth.

2.

Tom is pretending to be sick. Who believes his act?

a)

Sid and Mary

b)

Sid and Huck

c)

Aunt Polly

3.

Why is Tom jealous of his friend Huckleberry Finn?

a)

Fin has nice clothes.

b)

Fin has a one-eyed cat.

c)

Fin gets to do whatever he wants and does not get bossed around by adults.

4.

He generally began the day with wishing he had no intervening holiday, it made the going into captivity and fetters again so much more odious. What does captivity mean?

a)

being in jail or locked up

b)

wearing a cape

c)

a party

5.

He generally began the day with wishing he had no intervening holiday, it made the going into captivity and fetters again so much more odious. What does fetters mean?

a)

a building or room where things are sold

b)

a shoe

c)

ropes or chains that stop you from being able to move around

6.

What is the name of the main character?

a)

Sid

b)

Mary

c)

Tom

7.

What is the setting of this play?

a)

Modern day America

b)

America in the 1800's

c)

Canada in the late 1800's

8.

Why does Tom want Sid to wake up?

a)

He is scared of the dark.

b)

He wants to sneak out.

c)

He wants Sid to tell Aunt Polly that he is sick.

9.

Why do the mothers in the town dislike Huckleberry?

a)

He is bad because he has no adult supervision.

b)

He is a mean kid that is always looking for a fight.

c)

His clothes are too big for him.

10.

What does the word "vacancy" mean?

a)

an empty place

b)

proper and respectable

c)

drab and ordinary

11.

Which of these words is another way to say "horrible"?

a)

odious

b)

row

c)

fetters

12.

The mothers in town considered Huck to be a pariah. What does the word pariah mean?

a)

an outcast

b)

a fine citizen

c)

a young person

13.

Why does Tom feel lucky when he discovers that his front tooth is loose?

a)

He gets money from the Tooth Fairy.

b)

He has a possible excuse to miss school.

c)

He wants all of his adult teeth to come in.

14.

What does the word "juvenile" mean?

a)

a young person

b)

captivity

c)

jail

15.

Which of the following is NOT a way the boys think warts can be cured?

a)

spunkwater at midnight after repeating the words of a spell

b)

repeat the words of a spell in a graveyard with a dead cat

c)

a string and some firewood

16.

Huck got the dead cat by trading it for a bladder from the slaughter house. The bladder from the slaughter house is what?

a)

a disgusting toy in 1875 that would have been played with like a balloon

b)

something he removed from the dead cat

c)

worn as a rain hat

17.

Do you think that Tom has a wart?

a)

Yes it is likely that he does since he traded his tooth for the dead cat.

b)

No only Huck has a wart

c)

Just "eewh" why are there warts in this story?!

18.

Why do both Tom and Huck feel wealthier at the end of the story?

a)

They made a trade that each wanted.

b)

They found coins in a tree stump.

c)

They took money from Aunt Polly.