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WorksheetsThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer--Final
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
What word means, "to talk to oneself"?
allusion
soliloquize
pathos
relapse
What word means, "demonstrative of much emotion"?
effusive
auspicious
credulous
inveterate
What word means, "to lie in wait for attack"?
wharf
gory
waylay
sinuous
What word means, "in a way that conveys a meaning opposite of its literal meaning"?
magnanimous
oblivion
throng
ironically
What word means, "an indirect mention of something"?
allusion
initiation
dilapidated
discreet
What word means, "willing to trust too quickly"?
credulous
effusive
pathos
anxiety
What word means, "a structure built for vessels to load"?
effusive
allusion
wharf
sinuous
What word means, "formal ceremony of admission into a club or society"?
discreetia
dilapidated
anxiety
initiation
What word means, "to fall back into illness"?
relapse
reiterate
retire
reserve
What word means, "fear over future trouble or evil"?
additive
ethos
anxiety
personification
What word means, "a multitude assembled together"?
magnanimous
ironically
oblivion
throng
What word means, "having many curves or turns"?
pathos
sinuous
gory
credulous
What word means, "careful about a private matter"?
discreet
effusive
gory
inveterate
What word means, "state of being completely forgotten"?
relapse
waylay
oblivion
magnanimous
What word means, "generous in forgiving an insult"?
multiplicity
effusive
magnanimous
auspicious
What word means, "promising success"?
auspicious
inveterate
throng
ironically
What word means, "the power of arousing pity or sadness"?
propriety
pathos
capitulation
wharf
What word means, "settled or confirmed in a habit"?
inveterate
effusive
oblivion
ostentatious
What word means, "fallen into partial ruin"?
discreet
delusional
dilapidated
descendant
What word means, "covered or stained with blood"?
auspicious
inveterate
sinuous
gory
How does Tom solve the problem of having to whitewash the fence?
He trades jobs with Jim, who was going to get water from the well.
He pays friends with trinkets like a jew's harp, a spool-canon, marbles, and an orange peel.
He makes painting the fence seem important and envious to other boys.
He pretends to be an artist to make it fun for himself.
Why does Tom tell the schoolmaster that he has been fraternizing with Huck Finn?
to stick up for Huck
to be placed in the girls' section
to get sent home from school
to get glory
What shakes Tom's "whole structure of faith"?
One of his superstitions fails.
Becky refuses to notice him.
The minister prays too long.
Muff Potter is blamed for the doctor's murder.
Why did the ruffians come to the graveyard?
to murder Dr. Robinson
to take the body of Hoss Williams
to try out a cure for warts
to steal money from Dr. Robinson
Why do Tom and Joe have a difficult time falling asleep on Jackson Island?
Huck talks in his sleep.
The imagine they are being hunted by Indians.
Their conscience makes them feel guilty.
They fell in the river.
What does Tom confess in his heart as the congregation sings at his "funeral"?
sadness for Huck
embarrassment
happiest moment of his life
proudest moment of his life
What was written on the sycamore bark?
We ain't dead--we are only off being Indians.
We ain't dead--we are only off being pirates.
I love you, Aunt Polly
I will come home soon, Aunt Polly
How does Tom eventually feel about making up the "dream" he told his family?
glory
anxiety
frustration
shame
What new thing did Tom discover after he joined the Cadets of Temperance?
Promising not to do something makes it more tempting.
Promising not to do something makes it less tempting.
The Temperance Tavern does not sell liquor.
Injun Joe is the leader of the Cadets of Temperance.
What raging desire, which comes in every "rightly constructed" boy's life, came over Tom?
the desire to set things on fire
the desire to shoot a gun
the desire to dig for treasure
the desire to try alcohol
Who is the old deaf and dumb Spaniard?
a vagrant
Injun Joe
an outlaw from Texas
Injun Joe's partner
Why does Mrs. Thatcher swoon and Aunt Polly fall to crying?
Tom and Becky stayed at the Widow's and not Joe Harper's.
The hear the news of Injun Joe's escape.
Tom and Joe are still in the cave.
Becky and Tom are missing.
What was the fate of Injun Joe?
He died of thirst and hunger.
He became trapped in jail.
He drowned in the river.
He killed the old Welshman.
What did Injun Joe mean by his number two being "under the cross"?
It was the number two room at the tavern.
It was the second largest cavern in the cave.
It was a secret hiding place in the cave.
None of these
Why is Huck feeling miserable?
Everything is too regular and ordered for him.
He has been dragged into society.
The Widow forces manners on him.
All of these
Name the speaker: " I never did see the beat of that boy!"
Tom Sawyer
Huck Finn
Aunt Polly
Judge Thatcher
Name the speaker: "She talks awful, but talk don't hurt--anyways, it don't if she don't cry."
Becky
Huck
Muff Potter
Tom
Name the person spoken about: "The pipe dropped from the fingers of the Red-handed, and he slept the sleep of the conscience-free an the weary."
Joe Harper
Tom Sawyer
Huck Finn
Uncle Jake
Name the speaker: "Pretty thin--as long a dream as that, without any mistakes in it."
Aunt Polly
Sid
Tom Sawyer
Becky Thatcher
Name the persons spoken about: "Two of the savages almost wished they had remained pirates."
Huck and Injun Joe
Tom and Huck
Tom and Muff Potter
Tom and Joe
Name the speaker: "He'll tell about me tearing the picture, sure. I wouldn't say a word, not to save his life!"
Joe
Mr. Dobbins
Becky
Tom
Name the speaker: "You've been might good to me, boys--better'n anybody else in this town."
Widow Douglas
Muff Potter
Judge Thatcher
Aunt Polly
Name the speaker: "Nobody will get lost in that cave anymore."
Judge Thatcher
Injun Joe
Tom Sawyer
Aunt Polly
What food do Tom and Becky find to eat when in the cave?
crackers
cake
an apple core
peanuts
What forces Tom and Becky away from others in the cave so that they become lost?
Injun Joe
a waterfall
bats
Tom's desire to explore
What word means, "a weakening of resistance"?
milksop
attrition
ague
auspices
How do the boys take revenge on Mr. Dobbins?
They paint his heard.
They spill ink on his anatomy book.
The release a cat in the school room.
They put a pinch-bug in his desk drawer.
What word means, "a destructive fire"?
appalling
conflagration
catastrophe
mutiny
What causes Becky to start to cry after she and Tom are engaged?
She becomes sick and must stay home.
Tom runs off and leaves school.
Tom has been previously engaged.
She is afraid of Tom's tick.
What takes Tom's mind off Injun Joe and Muff Potter?
Becky Thatcher has stopped coming to school.
His aunt gives him a variety of medicines.
He goes to Jackson Island.
He has adventures with Joe Harper and Huck Finn.
