Tom Sawyer Study Questions and Vocabulary for 3/12-3/16
Chapter 6-7
What happens to Tom's pulled tooth?
What were all the superstitions he and Huck talked about related to?
What is the schoolmaster teaching/doing when Tom arrives at school? What does Tom say/do that makes the schoolmaster so mad?   Tom knows this will anger the teacher, but he does it anyway. Why?
What does Tom do to try to impress Becky?
 "He had contemplated a good part of the performance before he contributed his bit of variety to it." (p52) What does "his bit of variety" mean?
 Tom's mistake with Becky was...
Chapter 8
Why does Tom envy Jimmy Hodges?
When Tom's superstition about his marbles fails, he blames it on...?
 What are the various careers Tom contemplates after the problems with Becky?
Who is the "Black Avenger of the Spanish Main"?
 Why won't Tom "fall" (die) when he and Joe are "sword-fighting"?
Slang: keep mum, afeared, by hokey, dasn't, geeminy, sawbones, hoss

Chapter 9 and 10
How do each of the boys react to the scariness of the graveyard? Who seems more scared? Why might this be?
Why did Doc Robinson hit Injun Joe?
(A-G) Label the "illustration."
(p71) "...maybe that whack done for him!" What does he mean?
Why do the boys say they have to "keep mum"?   What does their oath say will happen if they tell?
What does the title of chapter 10 mean? Who is Bull Harbison? (Hint: These questions are related.)
What does the last line of  chapter 10 mean?

Vocabulary - dire, prophecy, writhe, rebuke, clandestine, miscreant, ostentatious, pervade, repulsive, vagrant

  1. After he stubbed his toe, he fell to the floor and _________(ed) in pain.
  2. My teacher ____________(ed) me for turning in the assignment late.
  3. The spy ____________(ly) watched the enemy agent to figure out his routine.
  4. The warnings about the storm were ___________. Everyone was sure it was going to be a dangerous one.
  5. The delicious aroma of cookies __________(ed) the house while Mom was baking.
  6. Some people find broccoli _________, but some people like it.
  7. The __________ was caught with the purloined jewels in his possession and arrested.
  8. The gold and diamond trimmed jacket was a  bit too ___________ for the low-key party.
  9. The fortune teller made a very unlikely __________, and then it came true.
  10. Some people are concerned about the __________(s) who hang out by the creek downtown.


Spelling List #16. The pretest is Tuesday.
1) mountainous 2) gradual  3) agile  4) cautious  5) strenuous  6) crucial  7)  mobile  8) horizontal  9) disastrous  10) tremendous  11)  occasional  12) artificial  13) fragile  14) precious  15) juvenile  16) ridiculous  17) social  18) contagious  19) notorious  20) simultaneous  21) intellectual  22) ambitious  23) continuous