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Tom Sawyer Chapter 1

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who said this: "I never did see the beat of that boy!"

a)

Tom

b)

Aunt Polly

c)

Sid

d)

A stranger

2.

"She looked preplexed..." means:

a)

She looked happy

b)

She looked angry

c)

She looked embarrassed

d)

She looked confused

3.

"to punch" means:

a)

to think

b)

to run

c)

to hit

d)

to cook

4.

"to punish" means:

a)

to make someone suffer if they have done something wrong

b)

to make someone feel better

c)

to make someone think about the future

d)

to make someone laugh

5.

Who is Tom?

a)

A son of Aunt Polly

b)

A son of Aunt Polly's dead sister

c)

A neighbor of Aunt Polly

d)

A grandson of Aunt Polly

6.

What was Tom eating when Aunt Polly found him?

a)

an oyster

b)

a frog

c)

a spider

d)

jam

7.

Tom was wearing a roundabout. A roundabout in this context means:

a)

dungarees

b)

a suit

c)

a tie

d)

a short jacket

8.

How was Aunt Polly feeling when she realised that Tom ate jam?

a)

She was satisfied.

b)

She was perplexed.

c)

She was angry.

d)

She was happy.

9.

What did Aunt Polly want to do after she saw his dirty hands that were in jam?

a)

She wanted to give him another portion of jam.

b)

She wanted to punish him.

c)

She wanted to call the police.

d)

She wanted to help him eat jam.

10.

What did Tom do after he realised that Aunt Polly was going to hit him?

a)

He distructed her attention and disappeared.

b)

He let her hit himself.

c)

He came back to the closet to eat up jam.

d)

He caught her hand.

11.

"to play hookey" means:

a)

to stay up late

b)

to play hockey without permission

c)

to play videogames

d)

to stay away from school without permission

12.

What was Aunt Polly doing at the beginning of Chapter 1?

a)

She was looking for her spectacles.

b)

She was looking for Tom.

c)

She was eating jam.

d)

She was cooking jam.