Monday, 11/1/99
Copy Homework into assignment
book.
Pretest #8 (Vocabulary due Wednesday.)
Tom Sawyer Questions:
Chapter 1
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How does Aunt Polly find out that Tom
did go swimming?
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What is it about the new boy that bugs
Tom so much?
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What can we already tell about Aunt Polly?
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What does "spare the rod and spoil the
child" mean?
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Slang: truck, lick, dander up, powerful
warm, lam, suck eggs, ?
Chapter 2
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Name three things that Tom got the kids
to give him.
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According to MT, what is the difference
between work and play? (p13)
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Slang: bully, taw, gay, up a stump, honest
injun, shucks
Chapter 3
Reading Check:
Put the events that did occur in Chapter 3 into the proper sequence.
Eliminate those event that did
not occur. Copy only the bold-faced parts. Fill in the blanks as needed.
Tom...
1....gets whacked for Sid breaking the sugar bowl...
2....plays with his dead rat on a string...
3....goes to the new girl's house and lies under
the window...
4....forgets about Amy Lawrence...
5....gets tattled on by Sid
6....fantasizes about _________...
7....sees a new girl and starts _________...
8....throws a rock through a window...
9....gets a ________, (which he picks up with
his toes)...
10....beats up a kid while playing Army...
11....tricks some little kids...
12....acts as a general while playing Army...
13....nails Sid with dirt clods...
14....steals a _________...
15....goes to Sunday School...
Why did Aunt Polly NOT apologize to Tom?