Tom Sawyer (universal) - Memoria Press

[Pages:5]Contents

Introduction How to Use This Study Guide............................................. 5 How to Mark a Book..............................................6 Preface Questions.................................................7

Lessons Chapter 1 .......................................................................................... 8 Chapter 2 ....................................................................................... 10 Chapter 3 ....................................................................................... 12 Chapter 4 ....................................................................................... 14 Chapter 5 ....................................................................................... 16 Chapter 6 ....................................................................................... 18 Chapter 7 ....................................................................................... 20 Chapter 8 ....................................................................................... 22 Chapter 9 ....................................................................................... 24 Chapter 10 .................................................................................... 26 Chapter 11 .................................................................................... 28 Chapter 12 .................................................................................... 30 Chapter 13 .................................................................................... 32 Chapter 14 .................................................................................... 34 Chapter 15 .................................................................................... 36 Chapter 16 .................................................................................... 38 Chapter 17 .................................................................................... 40 Chapter 18 .................................................................................... 42 Chapter 19 .................................................................................... 44 Chapter 20 .................................................................................... 46 Chapter 21 .................................................................................... 48 Chapter 22 .................................................................................... 50 Chapter 23 .................................................................................... 52 Chapter 24 .................................................................................... 54 Chapter 25 .................................................................................... 56 Chapter 26 .................................................................................... 58 Chapter 27 .................................................................................... 60 Chapter 28 .................................................................................... 62 Chapter 29 .................................................................................... 64 Chapter 30 .................................................................................... 66 Chapter 31 .................................................................................... 68 Chapter 32 .................................................................................... 70 Chapter 33 .................................................................................... 72 Chapter 34 .................................................................................... 74 Chapter 35 .................................................................................... 76 Chapter 36 .................................................................................... 78

Discussion Questions Key...............................81

Quizzes and Exam Quiz 1: Ch. 1-6....................................................94 Quiz 1 Answer Key..............................................96 Quiz 2: Ch. 7-13..................................................98 Quiz 2 Answer Key............................................100 Quiz 3: Ch. 14-20..............................................102 Quiz 3 Answer Key............................................104 Quiz 4: Ch. 21-26..............................................106 Quiz 4 Answer Key............................................108 Quiz 5: Ch. 27-31.............................................. 110 Quiz 5 Answer Key............................................ 112 Quiz 6: Ch. 32-Conclusion................................ 114 Quiz 6 Answer Key............................................ 116 Final Exam........................................................ 118 Final Exam Answer Key ...................................122

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Reading Notes

roundabout truck dander lam old scratch singed cat natty high feather

a short, close-fitting jacket stuff or rubbish temper or anger to give a full beating to a folk name for the devil a person who is better than he appears neat and tidy high spirits

Vocabulary

1. questions that were full of guile___c_l_e_v_e_r_o_r_c_r_a_f_ty__b_e_h_a_v_i_o_r__________________________________ 2. unalloyed pleasure_________p__u_r_e_; _co_p__p_e_r_a_n_d__z_in__c_a_r_e_p_u_r_e_,_b_u_t__b_ra_s_s__is_a_n__a_l_lo_y__o_f_t_h_e_m________ 3. glowering at each other_____l_o_o_k_i_n_g__o_r_s_ta_r_i_n_g_w__i_th__d_i_s_li_k_e_o_r__an__g_e_r_________________________ 4. uncovered an ambuscade___a_n__a_m__b_u_s_h_;_l_y_in_g__h_i_d_d_e_n__in__o_r_d_e_r_t_o_a_t_t_a_ck__b_y__su__rp__ri_s_e____________ 5. adamantine in its firmness___t_o_o__h_a_r_d_t_o__cu__t,_b_r_e_a_k_,_o_r_p__ie_r_c_e_; _u_tt_e_r_ly__u_n_y_i_e_ld__in_g__o_r_f_ir_m__________

Comprehension Questions

1. W ho is chara cteriz ed in t his chapter?__A_u__n_t _P_o_l_ly__a_n_d__T_o_m__S_a_w__y_e_r____________________________

2. What does this statement mean: "I never did see the beat of that boy!"____________________________ __A_u_n_t_P__o_ll_y_m__e_a_n_s__th_a_t_T__o_m__a_lw__a_y_s_s_e_e_m__s_t_o_e_s_c_a_p_e__h_e_r_p_u_n__is_h_m__e_n_t_. _______________________

____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. W hy d oes To m live with h is aunt?____T_o_m__'_s_m__o_th_e_r__is__d_e_a_d_,_s_o_h_e_r__si_s_t_er__P_o_l_ly__is__ch__a_rg_e_d__w__it_h_____

__ra_i_s_in_g__T_o_m__.________________________________________________________________________ __ _____ _____________________________________________________________________________ 4. Describe Sid.___S_i_d__is__"_a_q_u_i_e_t_b_o_y_,_a_n_d__h_a_d__n_o_a_d__v_e_n_tu__ro_u__s,_t_r_o_u_b_l_e_s_o_m_e__w_a_y_s_._"______________ __ _____ _____________________________________________________________________________ __ _____ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ _______________________________________________ 5. What new interest makes Tom forget his troubles?____H__e_b_e_g_a_n__p_r_a_c_t_ic_i_n_g_a__v_a_lu__ed__n_o_v_e_l_t_y_i_n______ __w_h_i_s_tl_i_n_g_t_h_a_t_h_e__h_a_d__ju_s_t_l_e_a_rn__e_d_. _____________________________________________________ __ _____ ______ ______ _________________________________________________________________ 6. What day of the week is it?______F_r_i_d_a_y___________________________________________________

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Quotations

Name the speaker and anyone spoken to or spoken about. 1 . "But old foo ls is the bigges t fools t here is. " ______A_u_n_t__P_o_ll_y__ab__o_u_t_h_e_r_s_e_lf________________________ 2 . "He was no t the mo del boy of the village. He kne w the m odel bo y very well, though, and loathed him." _

____N__a_r_r_a_to_r__ab__o_u_t_T_o_m________________________________________________________________ 3. "Diligence and attention soon gave him the knack of it, and he strode down the street with his mouth full

of harmony and his soul full of gratitude. He felt much as an astronomer feels who has discovered a new planet. No doubt as far as strong, deep, unalloyed pleasure is concerned, the advantage was with the boy, not the astron omer."__ ______N__a_rr_a_t_o_r_a_b_o_u_t_T__o_m________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

Discussion Questions

1. What causes the fight between Tom and the new boy? 2. Find an example of colloquial speech in the chapter and explain what it means. 3. What motivates Tom to loathe the "model boy" of the village? 4. According to the author, what is the difference between Tom's discovery in whistling and an astronomer's

discovery of a new planet?

Focus Passage

Find the paragraph that begins: "Hang the boy, can't I ever learn anything? Ain't he played me tricks enough like that for me to be looking out for him by this time? ..." 1. W ho is s peakin g and to whom ?______A_u__n_t_P_o_l_ly__to__h_e_r_s_e_lf____________________________________ 2. W ho is " the boy " being spoken about? ______T_o_m_____________________________________________ 3. W hat is the m ain pr oblem being discussed?____P__o_ll_y_t_h_i_n_k_s_s_h_e__is__n_o_t_r_a_is_i_n_g_T__o_m__w_i_t_h___________

__e_n_o_u_g_h__d_is_c_i_p_li_n_e_.___________________________________________________________________ __ _____ ______ ______ ______ ___________________________________________________________ 4. Why is the problem difficult to solve?____P_o_l_ly_'_s_c_o_n_s_c_ie_n_c_e_h_u__rt_s_h_e_r_w__h_e_n_s_h_e__a_tt_e_m_p__ts_t_o__p_u_n_is_h____ __T_o_m_._______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 5. W hat do es the speake r plan th at happ ens in the nex t chapte r?_____P_o_ll_y__p_la_n_s__to__m__a_k_e_T_o_m___w_o_r_k__o_n_ __S_a_tu_r_d_a_y_,_"_w__h_e_n__a_ll_t_h_e__b_o_y_s_i_s_h_a_v_i_n_g__a_h_o_l_id__a_y_."________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

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Reading Notes

Cardiff Hill Buffalo Gals white alley bully starboard jew's harp spool-cannon decanter

a green hill beyond and above the village where Tom wants to play a traditional American song written in 1844 a white marble used for shooting at other marbles excellent, very good right-hand side of a vessel facing forward a small musical instrument held in the teeth and plucked a toy cannon made of a rubber band attached to a thread spool a bottle with a stopper used for holding and serving a drink like wine

Vocabulary

1. dreamy, reposeful_________fu__ll_o_f_c_a_l_m__a_n_d__p_e_a_c_e__________________________________________ 2. quarrelling, fighting, skylarking____fr_o_l_ic_k_i_n_g_,_r_o_m__p_in_g__, o__r_p_l_a_y_in_g__jo_k__e_s_______________________ 3. Ben Rogers hove in sight___m_o_v__ed__i_n_a__c_e_rt_a_i_n_p_o__si_t_io_n_;_p__as_t_t_e_n_s_e_o__f _"_h_e_a_v_e_"__________________ 4. alacrity in his heart________c_h_e_e_rf_u_l_r_e_a_d_i_n_e_s_s_o_r_w__il_l_in_g_n__e_ss_________________________________ 5. dilapidated old window-sash______fa_l_le_n__in__to__p_a_r_ti_a_l_r_u_i_n_f_r_o_m__a_g_e_,_w_e_a_r_,_o_r__n_e_g_le_c_t_____________

Comprehension Questions

1. W hen and w here d oes th is chapter tak e pl ace?_____It__is_S__at_u_r_d_a_y__m__o_rn__in_g__in__s_u_m__m__er__a_t_th__e_f_e_n_c_e_i_n __A_u_n_t_P__o_ll_y_'s__fr_o_n_t__y_a_rd________________________________________________________________

2. W hat i s Tom 's pro blem?_____T_o_m___w_a_n_t_s_t_o__p_la_y__b_u_t_A__u_n_t_P_o_l_ly__h_a_s_p__u_t_h_i_m__to__w__o_r_k____________ __w_h_i_t_e_w_a_s_h_i_n_g_t_h_e__fe_n_c_e_.______________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. W hy d oes To m's fir st solu tion fail?____T_o_m___co_n__v_in_c_e_s__Ji_m__t_o_t_a_k_e_o_v__er__w_h_i_t_e_w_a_s_h_i_n_g_,_b_u_t_A__u_n_t_P_o_l_l_y

__q_u_ic_k_l_y__sp__o_il_s_t_h_a_t_p_l_a_n_,_s_e_n_d_i_n_g_J_im___to__f_e_tc_h__w_a_t_e_r_f_ro__m__th__e_p_u_m__p__a_n_d__p_u_t_ti_n_g_T__o_m__b_a_c_k_t_o____ __w_o_r_k__o_n_t_h_e__fe_n_c_e_.___________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. H ow d oes To m sol ve his problem?___H__e_p_e_r_s_u_a_d_e_s_o__th_e_r__b_o_y_s_w__a_lk_i_n_g__b_y_t_o_p__a_y_h_i_m__t_o_w__h_i_te_w__a_s_h

__th_e__fe_n__ce_._T__o_m__s_u_c_c_e_ed__s_b_e_c_a_u_s_e_h_e__m__a_k_e_s_p_a_i_n_ti_n_g__th__e_f_e_n_c_e_s_e_e_m__i_m_p_o__rt_a_n_t_a_n_d__e_n_v_i_a_b_le_.____

____________________________________________________________________________________ 5. L ist at le ast five examp les of th e "wea lth" tha t Tom ga ins from the o ther boy s.____a_p_p__le_,_k_i_te_,_d__e_a_d_r_a_t_

__a_n_d_a__s_tr_i_n_g_t_o__sw__i_n_g_i_t_w__it_h_,_t_w_e_l_v_e_m__a_r_b_le_s_,_p_a_r_t_o_f__a_je_w__'_s_h_a_r_p_,_p_i_e_ce__o_f_b_l_u_e_b_o__tt_le_-_g_l_a_ss_,____ __sp__o_o_l-_c_a_n_n_o_n_,_k_e_y_,_c_h_a_l_k_,_g_l_a_s_s _s_to_p__p_e_r_o_f_a__d_e_c_a_n_te_r_,_t_in__s_o_ld__ie_r_, _t_a_d_p_o_l_es_,_f_ir_e_-_c_ra_c_k_e_r_s_,_k_i_tt_e_n_, _ __b_ra_s_s__d_o_o_r_-k_n__o_b_, _d_o_g_-_c_o_ll_a_r_, _h_a_n_d_l_e_o_f_a__k_n_i_fe_,_p_i_e_c_e_s_o_f_o_r_a_n_g_e__p_e_e_l,_w__in__d_o_w__-s_a_s_h____________

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Quotations

Name the speaker and anyone spoken to or spoken about. 1. " She tal ks awfu l, but ta lk don't hurt--a nyways , it don 't if she don't c ry."_____T__o_m__S_a_w__y_e_r_to__J_im________

__a_b_o_u_t_A_u__n_t _P_o_l_ly_____________________________________________________________________ 2. " Hi-yi! You're up a stump , ain't you!"____B_e_n_R__o_g_e_rs__to__T_o_m__S__aw__y_e_r_____________________________ 3. "And while the late steamer Big Missouri worked and sweated in the sun, the retired artist sat on a

barrel in the shade close by, dangled his legs, munched his apple, and planned the slaughter of more i nno cents."_____N_a_r_r_a_t_o_r_a_b_o_u_t_B__e_n_R__o_g_e_rs__a_n_d__T_o_m__S_a_w__y_e_r________________________________ 4. "He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it, namely, that, in order to make a m an or a boy co vet a th ing, it i s only n ecessa ry to m ake the thing d ifficult to attain."__________________ __N_a_r_r_a_to_r__a_b_o_u_t_T_o_m___S_a_w_y_e_r___________________________________________________________

Discussion Questions

1. How do the events in this chapter confirm how Tom was described in Chapter 1? 2. Ben Rogers "personates" a steamboat. In two columns, list 1) the gestures and 2) the speech that Ben

uses to imitate the boat. Do you ever pretend to be something you are not? Why or why not? 3. Tom makes whitewashing desirable by making it difficult to attain. Identify some things people desire

because they are difficult to attain.

Focus Passage

Find the first paragraph of the chapter, which begins: "Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life." 1. W ho is s peakin g?____N__a_r_ra_t_o_r__________________________________________________________ 2. W hat is being d escribe d?____S_a_t_u_r_d_a_y__m_o_r_n_i_n_g____________________________________________ 3. I n the se cond s entence , what word do es "hea rt" repl ace?___p_e_r_so_n_______________________________ 4. P araph rase th e sec ond se ntence of the paragraph.___E_v_e_r_y_p__er_s_o_n__w_a_s__c_o_n_te_n_t__e_n_o_u_g_h__to__s_in_g__, a_n__d_

__th_o_s_e__w_h__o_w__e_re__c_h_il_d_r_e_n__ac_t_u_a_l_ly__d_i_d_s_i_n_g_.______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 5. How does this paragraph contrast with what Tom is experiencing, as described by the third paragraph? _ __T_h_i_s _p_a_r_a_g_r_a_p_h_d__e_sc_r_i_b_e_s_a_t_i_m_e__w_h__e_n_m__a_n_y__p_e_o_p_l_e_a_r_e_h_a_p_p__y_a_n_d__c_a_r_e_fr_e_e_, _b_u_t_T_o__m__is__fe_e_l_in_g__ __g_lu_m___a_n_d_b__u_r_d_e_n_e_d_w__i_th__h_i_s_c_h_o_r_e_. ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

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