Tom Sawyer Ch 11-15

Tom and Huck are dumbfounded that _________ is not struck by lightening for telling an out right lie.

• Muff Potter

• Injun Joe

• The sheriff

• Dr. Robinson

Tom giving pain killer to Peter the cat is an example of

• Foreshadowing

• Comedy

• Suspense

• Personification

Upon return to school after his depression, Tom dejected notices an item on his desk. That item is-

• A white alley

• A dead cat

• A brass andiron knob

• a tick

Joe and Tom are referred to as curiously inconsistent pirates because-

• They now want to be magicians

• They have no ship to sail

• They vow never to steal again

• They decide to become hermits

Tom leaves Jackson Island to-

• Tell the sheriff who murdered Muff Potter

• Get more provisions for pirating

• Attempt to tell Aunt Polly he is okay

• Pursue another career

Tom's continual wish to be dead in previous chapters __________ his supposed death by drowning would occur and Tom would get to see Aunt Polly and others grieve over him.

• personifies

• foreshadows

Why were Tom and Huck in the graveyard by Hoss Williams' grave?

• to cure warts 
• to tell ghost stories
• to get headstone rubbings for art class
• to prove they were brave

Who said "How could you be so noble"?

• Aunt Polly
• Mary
• Alfred
• Becky

What was Becky doing when Tom surprised her in the schoolhouse?

• spilling ink on Tom's spelling book
• looking at the master's anatomy book
• trying to draw a house like his
• flirting with Alfred Temple

Why did the boys come back from Jackson's Island?

• Tom was terribly homesick
• Joe had the measles
• Huck had a fever
• to watch their own funeral