Warm Up. Copy. Use your spelling/vocabulary list. Yes; it's Thursday.

1. * "life study" = ____
2. * "put the mark or seal on" = _____
3. * "together hang thing" = _____
4. * "before say thing" = _____
5. ** "together throw thing" = _____ (Please note there are TWO stars.)
6. ** "together to bend" = _____ (Again, please note.)
7. (2) Mark Twain is a ___-person, ________** narrator.

Pink Sheet. Indefinite Pronouns. (E=18/20 or 10/10)
No Peekee at the Pinkie (sheet).

1. An indefinite pronoun is one that...   a) shows ownership.  b) is always first person.  c) refers to a group.  d) refers to things like milk.  e) NOTA
2. Which one of these is NOT an example of this type of pronoun?  a) anyone  b) their  c) nobody  d) some  e) All of the above are examples of this type of pronoun.
3. Each of the librarians ______ willing to help.   a) is  b) are
4. Both of the clerks ______ helping customers.  a) was  b) were
5. _____ any of my friends called?  a) Has  b) Have
6. any:  a) singular  b) plural  c) either
7. few:  a) singular  b) plural  c) either
8. One of my friends _____ plenty about computers.  a) know  b) knows
9. Another of the volunteers _____ to help shelve books.  a) prefer  b) prefers
10. All of Rosina's time _____ spent putting books back on the shelves.  a) be  b) is  c) are

Tom Sawyer 14/15

1. What does Tom think will happen, since the inchworm crawled across him? a) He'll find a treasure chest  b) He'll find a real, wrecked, pirate ship  c) He'll have bad luck.  d) He will die soon.  e) He will soon have a new set of pirate clothes.
2. Which of these things is not described by MT as something the boys did on the island?  a) sitting around and talking  b) swimming naked  c) finding an old empty treasure chest  d) catching and eating fish  e) They did all these things.
3. What was the "boom" the "pirates" kept hearing? a) The villagers searching for them.  b) Explosions from a fire in the village.  c)  A passing steamboat with engine trouble.  d) Hunters with guns.  e) NOTA
4. Why are the boys consciences bothering them near the end of Chapter 14? a) Because they stole so much food.  b) Because they're thinking of their families.  c) Because they are cold and hungry.  d) Because they realized that pirates are actually bad guys.  e) NOTA
5. "Tom withered him with derision." (p100)  What does this mean?  a) Tom cried that he was homesick too.  b) Tom was telling him to just have fun.  c) Tom said they would leave as soon as he got around to it.  d) Tom made fun of him for being a wimp.  e) NOTA
6. What did Tom do before he left camp? a) Took some food.  b) Left a note saying he was homesick and had to leave.  c) Left a note saying he would be back soon.  d) Told the other boys about a plan he had.  e) NOTA

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7. Why does Tom not "capture" the rowboat he uses to get back to the island, even though he's tempted to? a) Because of the guilt from stealing.  b) Because it was too big to hide.  c) Because he didn't have time.  d) Because he thought its absence might be noticed.  e) Because a pirate wouldn't do that.
8. Why does Aunt Polly scold Sid? a) For not telling her that Tom was running away.  b) She thinks he had something to do with Tom's death.  c) He talks badly of Tom.  d) He doesn't believe that Tom is dead.  e) None of the above.
9. What was it that finally convinced the villagers that the boys had drowned?  a) Discovering the raft missing.  b) The fact that the boys missed dinner.  c) They found out that the boys weren't good swimmers.  d) Finding the empty raft downstream.  e) They found Joe's hat.
10. What does Tom start to do, and then decide not to do? (Besides capturing the rowboat.)  a) Give Aunt Polly a kiss. b) Leave a note for Aunt Polly.  c) Play a prank on Sid.  d) Take some more food.  e) Pretend to be a ghost.

Chapter 16: First Pipes--"I've Lost My Knife"