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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by:
Mark Twain
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Chapters 1–3
Chapters 4–6
Chapters 7–10
Chapters 11–13
Chapters 14–17
Chapters 18–20
Chapters 21–24
Chapters 25–26
Chapters 27–29
Chapters 30–32
Chapters 33–Conclusion
Characters
Character List
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
Injun Joe
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
Quotes By Theme
Nature
Youth and Innocence
Individualism versus Conformity
Imagination
Morality
Quotes By Section
Chapters 1–3
Chapters 4–6
Chapters 7–10
Chapters 11–13
Chapters 14–17
Chapters 18–20
Chapters 21–24
Chapters 25–26
Chapters 27–29
Chapters 30–32
Chapter 33–Conclusion
Quotes By Character
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
Injun Joe
Aunt Polly
Becky Thatcher
Further Study
Context
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Chapters 1–3
Chapters 4–6
Chapters 7–10
Chapters 11–13
Chapters 14–17
Chapters 18–20
Chapters 21–24
Chapters 25–26
Chapters 27–29
Chapters 30–32
Chapters 33–Conclusion
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Suggested Essay Topics
Sample A+ Essay
How to Cite This SparkNote
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Full Book Quiz
1
. How does Tom trick his friends into helping him whitewash the fence?
He offers them marbles.
He promises to go swimming with them when the job is done.
He tells them Aunt Polly wants them to help.
He convinces them that the job is fun.
2
. Why do Tom and Huck first go to the graveyard?
To dig up a body
To charm away warts
To dig for buried treasure
To kill a cat
3
. What is Jackson’s Island?
A small island in the middle of the Mississippi River
A tavern in town
An amusement park in St. Louis
The setting of Tom’s favorite adventure book
4
. Who is Sid?
Aunt Polly’s boyfriend
Tom’s cocker spaniel
Tom’s younger half-brother
Tom’s father
5
. What does Injun Joe do after Tom testifies against him?
He denies his guilt.
He flees out the window.
He terrorizes the boys.
He kills Muff Potter.
6
. What insect does Tom release in church?
A tick
A grasshopper
A ladybug
A pinch-bug
7
. Who is blamed for the murder of Dr. Robinson?
Muff Potter
Injun Joe
Hoss Williams
Tom Sawyer
8
. What does Tom do to win a Bible in Sunday school?
He memorizes
2,000
Bible verses.
He takes the blame for someone else’s misdeed.
He trades the other children for their tickets.
He testifies at Muff Potter’s trial.
9
. What does Huck do outside Tom’s window to summon him to their midnight adventures?
He barks like a dog.
He meows like a cat.
He crows like a rooster.
He hoots like an owl.
10
. Who is the first of the boys to suggest abandoning the pirating expedition?
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
Ben Rogers
Joe Harper
11
. Who is unaffected by the revival that sweeps through town?
Tom Sawyer, who is sick at the time
Huck Finn, who has no parents to supervise his religious education
Sid, who is always mean and selfish
Mary, who is too good to need reforming
12
. What day is bad luck for hunting buried treasure?
Halloween
Examination Day
Friday
Tuesday
13
.Why does Huck not go on the picnic?
Because he has promised to keep watch for Injun Joe
Because he has not been invited
Because he cannot stand girls
Because he is afraid of boats
14
. What happens when Tom and Joe learn to smoke?
They win Huck’s friendship.
They get a whipping from Aunt Polly.
They are expelled from Sunday school.
They get sick.
15
. Who decides to have McDougal’s Cave bolted shut?
Judge Thatcher
Mrs. Harper
Injun Joe
Tom Sawyer
16
. What will become of the treasure Huck and Tom find?
It will be returned to the rightful owners.
It will be spent on a memorial for Injun Joe.
It will be invested for the boys.
It will be donated to the Sunday school.
17
. Who is the only person to hug Huck when the three boys return for the funeral?
Tom Sawyer
Becky Thatcher
Muff Potter
Aunt Polly
18
. Who adopts Huck Finn at the end of the novel?
Aunt Polly
The Widow Douglas
Judge Thatcher
Muff Potter
19
. Whom does Tom encounter in the cave?
Judge Thatcher
Injun Joe
Huck Finn
Muff Potter
20
. What keeps Injun Joe from finding Tom and Huck hidden upstairs in the haunted house?
They jump out the window.
A noise frightens Injun Joe away.
The staircase begins to crumble.
The treasure distracts him.
21
. Why does Injun Joe want revenge on the Widow Douglas?
Because her husband once punished and humiliated him
Because she never returned his affections when they were younger
Because she made a racist comment about Native Americans
Because she will not give him any ice cream
22
. Whom does Tom suspect of spilling ink on his spelling book?
Becky Thatcher
Huck Finn
Alfred Temple
Himself
23
. What is Huck most afraid of when he and Tom return to the cave to find the treasure?
Injun Joe’s ghost
Being locked in
A band of robbers
Bats
24
. Who doesn’t believe Tom’s claim that he dreamed about things that occurred at home while he was pirating on Jackson’s Island?
Aunt Polly
Cousin Mary
Becky Thatcher
Sid
25
. What does Tom find behind door No.
2
at the Temperance Tavern?
Milk and cookies
Whiskey and Injun Joe
Buried treasure
A dead cat
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