Tom Sawyer Flashcards
(33 cards)
In what year was Clemens born
1835
What was Mark Twain’s real name?
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
In what city and state was Clemens born
Florida, Missouri
Three books by Twain
The adventures of Tom Sawyer
The prince and the pauper
The adventures of huckleberry Finn
Tom’s attitude toward life was…
Carefree
When Tom wanted someone to believe something he could be very….
Convincing
Tom feels sad from time to time. The author probably feels Tom’s sorrow was….
Slightly funny
The chapter ends with the sentence, let us be kind-and draw the curtains over the rest of the scene!” From this statement, we can infer that the author did not describe the rest of the scene because it was…
Embarrassing
Chapter 5 suggests that laughter….
Can be refreshing
You can infer that Tom probably envied Huck because Huck…
Could do as he pleased
Becky is upset with Tom because he…
Had an old girlfriend
You can infer from chapter 8 that when Tom played he liked to be…
A leader
The graveyard is the place that Tom and Huck go to…
Test their cure for warts
Injun Joe wanted revenge on Dr. Robinson because…
Dr. Robinson’s father had injun Joe put in jail
How dose Tom feel about the arrest
Disturbed
Tom decided to become a pirate because he thought….
No one loved him
What were the people on the steamboat searching for?
The bodies of the boys
What kept Tom from admitting that he was homesick
Pride
Toms secret was a plan to…
Attend his own funeral
How did most of the young people feel about Tom after he came back
They envied him
Instead of saying “their stories got bigger- and longer,” the author could have said
Their stories became exaggerated
Huck did not want to save his money because….
His father would take it
You can conclude the boys did not want to dig on Friday because they…
Thought it was bad luck
Joe was upset that the pick had fresh dirt on it because it meant that someone….
Was snooping around
