Tom Sawyer Vocabulary -- Definition and POS (in notebook), fill-in-the-blanks due Wednesday.
amiss, forlorn, canvass (v), earnest, crestfallen, diverge/converge, sinuous, proscribe, precarious, conjecture, omniscient, apathetic
  1. Don't base your decision on _______________; find out for sure.
  2. He made a(n) ____________ effort, and his hard work paid off.
  3. He could tell something was _____________ when he first entered the room; something just wasn't right.
  4. The volunteers ________(ed) the neighborhood, talking to people, and trying to get them to vote.
  5. The lost, little girl stood ___________(ly) in the crowded bus station, looking for her mommy.
  6. After the Raffle King said no, Mr. Coward _____(ed) the use of a "cheat sheet" on the pretest.
  7. He teetered in a ___________ position at the edge of the cliff.
  8. By definition, God is ____________.
  9. (2) The road ___________(ed), and then ____________(ed), forming an "x."
  10. The cave was like a labyrinth, full of dead-ends and _________ twists and turns.
  11. One reason that few people vote is because many are ________ about politics and government.
  12. Tom was _________ when Becky again rejected him.
Tom Sawyer Study Questions.(Counts for 600 Words; use a separate sheet.)
Chapter 14 - BONUS: What is quicksilver?
  1. What was the "boom" the "pirates" kept hearing and why did it make them feel happy ?
  2. What did Tom do before he left camp? What do you think he wrote?
  3. Why are the boys' consciences bothering them at the end of Chapter 14?
Chapter 15
  1. Why does Tom not "capture" the rowboat he uses to get back to the island, even though he's tempted to?
  2. Why does Aunt Polly scold Sid?
  3. What does Tom start to do, and then decide not to do? (Besides capturing the rowboat.)
  4. "Well the things is ours anyway, ain't they ?" Who's talking? What's going on ? Name two of the things.
Chapter 16
  1. How does Tom keep the other boys from leaving the island? What three things does he first try, that don't work, to keep them on the island?
  2. "I've lost my knife. I reckon I better go and find it." (p112) Who's talking? What' going on? Why is this funny?
  3. The boys had two reasons to be thankful after the big storm. What were they?
  4. "Two of the savages almost wished they had remained pirates." (p116) Why? what's going on?
Chapter 17
  1. "Well, Tom Sawyer, he licked me once." (p118) Why did this person say this? Why was no one impressed?
  2. "Tom got more cuffs and kisses that day -- according Aunt Polly's varying moods -- than he had earned before in a year..." (Last paragraph of Chapter 17.)
  3. Draw the picture at right, and fill in the talk balloons appropriately.