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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 2hrs 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following best describes Tom?

a)

responsible

b)

daring

c)

generous

2.

Which line shows that Tom is daring and adventurous?

a)

"Afeard! Taint likely."

b)

"Someone's got to be glad to see Huck."

c)

"Let's swear to keep mum."

3.

Why doesn't Tom tell Aunt Polly he hasn't drowned?

a)

Tom realizes that Aunt Polly doesn't believe that Tom's really dead.

b)

Tom thinks that Aunt Polly doesn't care about him.

c)

Tom doesn't want to ruin the chance to attend his own funeral.

4.

"Tom, you've gone as white as a sheet!" is an example of a ...

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

5.

Tom changes his mind about testifying against Joe because

a)

Tom believes Muff will reward him.

b)

Tom cares about Muff and feels guilty hiding the truth.

c)

Huck puts pressure on Tom.

6.

Aunt Polly's line "And don't you try any of your tricks, neither" indicates that Tom is ...

a)

responsible

b)

generous

c)

mischievous

7.

"Oh, child, you never think - of anything besides your own selfishness." How is Tom selfish?

a)

Tom allows Aunt Polly to think he's dead.

b)

Tom cons his friends into whitewashing the fence.

c)

Both answers are correct.

8.

How does Tom trick his friends into helping him whitewash the fence?

a)

He offers them marbles.

b)

He promises to go swimming with them when the job is done.

c)

He convinces them that the job is fun.

9.

Why do Tom and Huck first go to the graveyard?

a)

to dig up a body

b)

to charm away warts

c)

to kill a cat

10.

What does Injun Joe do after Tom testifies against him?

a)

Injun Joe denies his guilt.

b)

Injun Joe terrorizes the boys.

c)

Injun Joe flees out the window.

11.

Who is blamed for the murder of Dr. Robinson?

a)

Muff Potter

b)

Injun Joe

c)

Tom Sawyer

12.

Who is the only person to hug Huck when the three boys return for the funeral?

a)

Muff Potter

b)

Becky Thatcher

c)

Aunt Polly

13.

Who does Tom encounter in the cave?

a)

Judge Thatcher

b)

Huck Finn

c)

Injun Joe

14.

Who wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?

a)

Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain)

b)

Hal Holbrook

c)

Arthur Miller

15.

What were the people on the steamboat searching for?

a)

Injun Joe

b)

A stolen boat

c)

The bodies of the boys

16.

The antagonist of the novel is

a)

Becky Thatcher

b)

Tom Sawyer

c)

Injun Joe

17.

Tom knows he should tell the truth about what he saw in the graveyard but he is afraid that Injun Joe will kill him if he does. This type of conflict is known as:

a)

person vs person

b)

person vs self

c)

person vs nature

18.

Which character trait best describes Injun Joe?

a)

nice

b)

helpful

c)

mean

19.

At first, Tom, Huck and Joe enjoy being pirates but soon, the boys start to miss their homes. This is called feeling _____________.

a)

adventurous

b)

homesick

c)

guilty

20.

Injun Joe argues with Dr. Robinson in the graveyard and then uses Muff Potter's knife to kill him. This type of conflict can best be described as:

a)

person vs person

b)

person vs self

c)

person vs nature

21.

It was said that a person could walk around for days and never find the end of the cave.” From this sentence, we can conclude that:

a)

The cave made people tired.

b)

The cave was small, and it would only take a short time to explore it.

c)

The cave had many parts to it, and it would be easy to get lost in it.

22.
What was one of the things that Tom did that he had to be punished for?
a)
skipping school
b)
throwing a bug on Becky
c)
showing off