tom sawyer – Flashcards

Mark Twain’s real name

Give 4 reasons why Tom ran away to Jackson Island.

Why did Joe join Tom on his pirating adventure

What did Tom bring with him to Jackson Island?

What did Joe bring with him to Jackson Island?

What 3 things did Huck bring with him to Jackson Island?

Tom’s pirate name

Joe’s pirate name

Huck’s pirate name

This technique is used by the people in case of what event?: Shoot cannon over water and take loaves of bread with quicksilver in them and set them afloat

What did Tom write his messages on?

At supper in chapter 1, what does Aunt Polly suspect Tom did instead of going to school?

Why does Tom threaten to lick Sid just after supper in chapter one?

What do Tom and the “new boy” do after Tom runs out of our own house in Chapter 1?

In chapter two, how does Tom convince his friends to help him whitewash the fence?

In Chapter 3, how does Tom take revenge on Sid for telling on him the night before?

Who is the “bosom friend” who plays general with Tom in Chapter 3?

Why does Tom begin to show off in front of Jeff Thatcher’s house?

Why doesn’t Aunt Polly admit her error after having punished Tom mistakenly for breaking the sugar bowl after supper in Chapter 3?

How does Tom acquire the tickets needed to win a bible?

At the end of chapter 4, what Scriptural question does Judge Thatcher put to Tom?

Who does Tom think are the first two disciples?

First two disciples

In Chapter 5 what event bring the minister’s sermon to a dead standstill?

At the beginning of Chapter 6, why is Tom miserable on a Monday morning?

On the way to school, Tom meets Huckleberry Finn. Why do the other boys envy Huck?

Tom is late for school. Why doe she admit to the schoolmaster that he had stopped to talk with Huck?

When Tom and Becky sit together, what does Tom do to impress Becky?

In Chapter 7 Tom and Becky spend the lunch hour together. What “blunder” of Tom’s upsets Becky?

In Chapter 8 why is Tom so surprised when he digs up the marble that he had buried underneath a rotten log?

In Chapter 9 why do Tom and Huck meet in the cemetery?

While the boys are hiding, three men arrive at the cemetery. Why have Muff Potter and Injun Joe come to the cemetery with Doc Robinson?

A quarrel erupts and Injun Joe kills Dr. Robinson. Why doesn’t Muff know who really killed Dr. Robinson

What vow do Huck and Tom take at the tannery?

Who do Huck and Tom see at the tannery?

In Chapter 11 Tom feels guilty about Muff Potter’s imprisonment. What does Tom do to “ease his conscience” about remaining silent after Potter is accused?

In Chapter 12 Aunt Polly doses Tom with a horrible concoction called “Painkiller.” What brings this treatment to an end?

Why do Tom and Huck have trouble falling asleep their first night on the island?

At the end of Chapter 14, what does Tom do with the two notes that he writes on the sycamore bark?

What Is being discussed at Tom’s house in Chapter 15?

What does Tom do before he leaves Aunt Polly’s in Chapter 15?

In Chapter 17 what disrupts the funeral service?

In Chapter 18 Aunt Polly is disappointed to know that Tom spied on her without leaving any sign that he was safe. What does Tom do to reassure Aunt Polly that he loves her?

In Chapter 18 when he returns to school, why does Tom “pretend no to see Becky?”

Why is Aunt Polly reluctant to look in Tom’s jacket at the end of Chapter 19?

Tom is unjustly punished twice in Chapter 20. For what offenses is he punished for?

What happens to the people of St. Petersburg while Tom is sick with the measles?

In Chapter 23 how does Tom finally relieve his troubled conscience over the jailing of Muff Potter?

Why does Injun Joe “infest” all of Tom’s dreams, according to the beginning of Chapter 24?

How is Injun Joe disguised at the Haunted House?

What prevents Injun Joe from discovering Tom and Joe at the haunted house?

mischievous, protagonist, mother is dead, under care of his aunt

Tom’s aunt/guardian, gullible, has a hard time disciplining tom, religious, kindhearted

in 1840s, setting, based off of Hannibal MS, on Msp. River.

Tom’s half brother, tattletale, not looking for trouble

Small colored boy

Wears fancy/”citified” clothes, cocky, sore loser

Skipping school/church

Steamboat on Msp. River

1st boy Tom tricked to work for him; impersonated steamboat; Tom’s friend; gave Tom apple

What you are required to do

What you want to do

Tom’s old girlfriend

small, blue-eyed, blond girl that Tom liked

Bosom friend of Tom’s; played military

Type of flower given to him by the Adored Unknown

Tom’s older cousin; goody-goody who enjoys church

County judge from Constantinople, 12 mi. away

Superintendent of Sunday school

Nephew of Judge Thatcher; Tom’s friend

fair, smart, well-to-do, lives in mansion on Cardiff Hill

“Model Boy” hated by boys; snob

Minister

Adored Unknown, nice girl

Tom’s not supposed to hang out with him, bad, son of town drunk, all boys envy him

Dead man, recently buried

Tom’s “chiefest jewel” or the top of an andrion

Hill that overlooks St. Petersburg, Widow Douglas lives there

Game Tom plays with Joe

Town drunk, accused murderer of Doc Robinson

Murderer of Doc Robinson as revenge for a misdeed done by his father

Killed by Injun Joe; Went with Potter and Joe to rob grave

Place where hides are tanned into leather; Huck and Tom run there from the cemetery

Where Tom and Huck wrote the oath to keep mum

The family cat who is given painkiller

Liquid Fire

Island in the middle of Msp. River, 3 mi. South of St. Petersburg where boys camp

Area in church for holding unused materials

Joe’s mom

New Boy who Becky uses to make Tom jealous

Alfred Temple intentionally spilled ink on this

The schoolmaster who wanted to be a doctor but was too poor

Widow Douglas’ neighbor

Where kids went after their picnic

The Welshman’s real name