The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Quiz--Chapters 1-10

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Quiz--Chapters 1-10

! !Match a vocabulary word to the best possible character for that word.

_____ 1. Huck Finn

A. grandeur

B. tranquil

_____ 2. Jim

C. roundabout

D. vagrant

_____ 3. Judge Thatcher

E. prodigy

F. reluctance

_____ 4. Tom Sawyer

G. ambuscade

H. andiron

!_____ 5. Aunt Polly

I. guile

!In each pair, choose which event came first--mark it with a number "1".

_____ Tom sneaks out of the house at night for an adventure with Huck Finn.

!_____ Tom and Huck swear to never tell what they saw in the graveyard. !

_____ Tom is assigned to whitewash the fence.

!_____ Tom is caught stealing jam. !

_____ Tom shows off in front of Becky Thatcher's house.

!_____ Tom gets a Bible at Sunday school. !

_____ Tom confesses to being late for school because he was talking to Huck Finn.

!_____ A pinch bug and a dog disrupt the sermon, to the general amusement of all. !

_____ Tom kisses Becky Thatcher.

!_____ Tom sneaks back to school to show Becky Thatcher how to draw. !

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Match the characters to the descriptions below (can be used more than once).

A. Sid

F. Tom Sawyer

K. Huck Finn

B. Jim

G. Mr. Walters

L. Dr. Robinson

C. Mary

H. Amy Lawrence

M. Becky Thatcher

D. Aunt Polly

I. Mr. Dobbins

N. Joe Harper

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E. Injun Joe

J. Muff Potter

O. Ben Rogers

!_____ 1. Tom's half brother

!_____ 2. the first speaker in the novel, calling for Tom

!_____ 3. killed while trying to dig up Hoss Williams body from the grave

!_____ 4. thrashes Tom for being late for school

!_____ 5. Tom's "first love"

!_____ 6. the real killer

!_____ 7. first to help Tom whitewash the fence

!_____ 8. plays Robin Hood all afternoon with Tom

!_____ 9. tries to help Tom memorize his Bible passages

!_____ 10. breaks the sugar bowl

Extra Credit: What do Tom and Huck think it means when they hear the stray dog

!howl? ! ! !

Key: Vocab & Character 1. D 2. F 3. A 4. I

!5. G

Order of events 1st 2nd 1st 2nd

!2nd

Characters 1. A 2. D 3. L 4. I 5. H 6. E 7. O 8. N 9. C

!10. A

Extra Credit: First, the howling is a sign that they will die; then, they realize he's howling near Muff Potter so they think he will die.

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