Tuesday, 11/23/99
Tom Sawyer  Reading Check+Vocabulary, Chapters 12-14
  1.(3)"Because if he'd 'a had one, she'd 'a burnt him one herself!"
Who's talking? What's going on? What does he/she mean?
  2.(3)"Mf! Some people think they're mighty smart--always showing off!" Who's talking? What's going on? What does he/she mean?
  3.(2)Tom and Joe are running away because they both feel that they have
    been ___________.
  4.(3)Name three of the things the boys brought with them when they ran
    away to the island.
  5.(3) Name three things the boys did on the island.
  6.(2) What was the "boom" the "pirates" kept hearing and why did it make
    them feel happy?
  7.(3) According to Tom, what are three of the things that pirates do?
  8.(2) Why do Tom and Joe's consciences start to bother them at the end of
    Chapter 13?
  9.(3)Match the nickname with the character:
        Huck, Tom, Joe
        The Terror of the Seas
        Black Avenger of the Spanish Main
        The Red-Handed
10. True or False: Injun Joe is a miscreant.
11. True or False: Aunt Polly mistook Tom being lugubrious for Tom being sick.
12. True or False: Huck is not a very wary sort of guy.
13. True or False: A fly ball reaches its fastest speed at the zenith of its flight.
14.*Why does Mark Twain call the boys "curiously inconsistent pirates"?
(Last line of Chapter 13.)(Hint: Look at your answers to questions 7 and  8...)
15.**"Translate" the dialogue below from Chapter 13:
        "Ain't it gay?"
        "It's just nuts! What would the boys say if they could see us?"
        "Say? Well they'd just die to be here--hey Hucky?"
        "I reckon so. Anyways I'm suited. I don't want nuthin' better than
 this...here they can't come and pick at a feller and bullyrag him so."
         "Oh, we'll have a bully time."
Letter to Tom:
Think about Tom's predicaments; both with Becky and the Injun Joe/oath-to-keep-mum situation. Write a letter to Tom that: Spelling, punctuation, and neatness count!
Extra credit for good use of slang/dialect.