Thursday, 12/2/99
Vocabulary Check (Chapters 17-22)
  1. (1)Injun Joe wanted revenge on Doc Robinson because the doctor's father had Joe arrested for being a __________.
  2. (2)The __________ was caught with the ____________ jewels in his posession and arrested.
  3. (1)A person should be able to walk down the street without being ___________(ed).
  4. (2)Hamlet's famous ____________, which begins with, "To be or not to be..." is a very _________ speech.
  5. (1)When Tom returned from being "dead" his popularity was at it's ___________.
  6. (1)We were very suspicous of the dark alley, so we approached it _______(ly).
zenith, wary, lugubrious, loiter, vagrant, miscreant, conflagration, eloquent, accost, soliloquy, purloined
Tom Sawyer
  1. (1) Why was no one impresed with the kid who said, "Well, Tom Sawyer he licked me once"?
  2. (3)What kind of book did Becky rip? What was on the particular page she ripped? The master had this type of book in his desk because his secret ambition was to be a ___________.
  3. (2) Why was Tom "not at all broken-hearted" about being wipped for the ink in the spelling book?
  4. (2)Draw a diagram of the prank the boys pulled on the master.
  5. (2)Why did Tom think the storm in Chapter 22 was intended for him?

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