quiz021706

Quiz 2/17/05 -- Please record: your scores on the Tom Sawyer quizzes (/10, /9), your TSSQ score (/40), and any extra credit you may have earned this week (+3 min./+10 max.)
Vocabulary. Do only #8 if "exempt." You will use words more than once; you will not use them all. swagger, sullen, inundate, conflagration, rank, repentant, becoming, serene, vivacious, sham

(2) Before her accident, she was _________ and energetic and enthusiastic, but afterwards she became ________, irritable, and pessimistic.
Rock stars are literally _____________(ed) by fan mail. Some have to hire groups of people to open and read it all.
(2) After he realized how much he hurt Aunt Polly with his _______ about being dead, Tom was genuinely ___________.
The basement in the old house was __________ and moldy.
After he was arrested for fighting, the soldier was reprimanded for "conduct (un)_____ an officer."
Everybody stepped aside as the gunslinger __________(ed) into the saloon.
unflattering : becoming :: fresh : __________
nonchalant : diligent :: cacophonous : __________

Tom Sawyer.

Why does Tom think he can do without Becky now? a) He likes Amy Lawrence better anyway. b) He was so popular now after his return. c) He's tired of her being so fickle. d) He's found someone new. e) None of the above.
(4) a) Who is Alfred Temple? b) What does he do to Tom (secretly)? c) Why? d) Where have we seen him before?
How does Aunt Polly find out Tom's dream was a sham?
What makes her forgive him?
What was Mr. Dobbins' (the schoolmaster) secret ambition?
What kind of book does Becky rip?
(Quote -- 6 words.) Why does Tom say that Becky will get caught, even if he doesn't tell on her?
Why was Tom not at all upset about being whipped for the ink in the spelling book? a) He was too worried about Becky. b) He knew he could get revenge on the one who really did it. c) He thought he might actually have done it and forgotten. d) It was worth it. e) None of the above
(2) What were Tom's punishments for the teacher's ripped book?