The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by: Mark Twain

Context Quick Quiz

1 of 5
When was Mark Twain born?

2 of 5
Twain’s fictional town of St. Petersburg was based on what real Missouri town?

3 of 5
Mark Twain’s pen name is a pun based on the terminology used in ___.

4 of 5
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer lacks the ___ that was found in Twain’s earlier work.

5 of 5
Because it avoids explicit criticism of racism, the novel largely escaped the controversy that surrounded which book?

More Help

From the SparkNotes Blog
Campus Life at 100 of the Best Colleges, Summed Up in a Single Sentence
By Janet Manley
7 Books Everyone Misunderstands (And What They Actually Mean)
By Elodie
What to Do If You Left All of Your Required Reading Until the Last Minute
By SparkLife
6 Fictional Characters You Would Probably Hate in Real Life
By Elodie
20 Incredible First Lines That Will Make You Want to Read the Rest of the Book Immediately
By Elodie