Thursday, 2/10/05

Warm Up. Copy.

  1. * "against throw thing" = _________
  2. * "against stand thing" = _________
  3. * "under stand person" = _________
  4. * "stand thing" = ___________ (3)
  5. * "above stand things" = __________
  6. * "carry page" = ________
Tom Sawyer.
  1. Give an example from Chapter 13 of Tom insisting on doing things "the hard way" or "by the book."
  2. Why are the boys' consciences bothering them at the end of chapter 13?
  3. Why does Mark Twain call the boys "curiously inconsistent pirates"? (Last line of Chapter 13.) "Because they are pirates who  ________   ________."  (Hint: It also might be called ironic. Hint II: See your answer to the previous question.)
  4. (5) Draw a map of where the island is, and how the boys got there. Be sure to label it with distances and place names. (p88-91b, p82-84w)
  5. (4) "The other pirates envied him this majestic vice, and secretly resolved to aquire it shortly." (p93b, p86w) Explain. (A vice is a bad habit.)
  6. What does Tom think (due to his superstition) he will get, since the inchworm crawled across him?
  7. Where is the boy's raft now?
  8. (2) The boom the boys hear is ______________, and it means the villagers _____________, and that makes them feel _________.
  9. Why are the boys consciences bothering them at the end of Chapter 14?
  10. BONUS: What is quicksilver?
Letter to Tom with Inspiration.