Short Snap 10 (Tom Sawyer & Lazy Gray)

1. 1. Select 2 words that express the same meaning as obliged as it is used in the sentence.

• allowed

• excited

• forced

• pleased

• required

2. 2. Which quotation from the story best shows why Tom was feeling downcast?

• "Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush."

• "He compared the insignificant whitewashed streak with the far-reaching expanse of unwhitewashed fence . . . "

• "He took up his brush and went calmly to work."

• "Tom went on whitewashing, paying no attention."

3. 3. Select the two reasons why the boys changed their minds and wanted to paint the fence.

• Tom made his friends think that painting was special.

• Tom begged his friends to help him finish painting the fence.

• Tom asked his friends to help him so they could go swimming later.

• Tom gave his friends some of his possessions so they would help him.

• Tom told his friends that he thought most people could not please his aunt.

4. 4. Where would the following statement belong in the summary in the order in which they occurred?

Tom comes up with a plan to get the fence painted.

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

4. 4. Where would the following statement belong in the summary in the order in which they occurred?

Tom's aunt has told him to paint a large fence.

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

4. 4. Where would the following statement belong in the summary in the order in which they occurred?

Tom becomes rich when other boys give him things so that they can also paint the fence.

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

4. 4. Where would the following statement belong in the summary in the order in which they occurred?

Tom considers hiring someone to whitewash the fence, but realizes he cannot pay anyone enough to get the job done.

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

5. 5. What does the word particular mean as the author uses it in this way?

• distant

• fussy

• plain

• unusual

6. 6. How does the author's use of the phrase put everything in a new light help the reader understand about the passage?

• It shows how painting the fence made it look newer.

• It shows Ben the different colors he could paint the fence.

• It shows how painting the fence could make it look brighter.

• It shows Ben a different way of looking at painting the fence.

6. 7. If the author had written the passage as a poem, it would include (Choice 1)

• cast of characters

• lines

• sentences