Chapters 14-20 Flashcards
thinking or meditating in silence
musing
held motionless with amazement, awe, terror
transfixed
to coat with gold or a gold-colored substance
gild
In a manner showing irritation by a gloomy silence
sullenly
a sudden and widespread disastor
catastrophe
a destructive fire
conflagration
irrational belief in the significance of a particular thing
superstition
willing to trust too quickly, without proper evidence
credulous
After the excitement of being “drowned” dies away, what thoughts can Tom and Joe not keep back?
People at home are probably very sad.
Where does Tom hide as he listens to the group’s conversation?
under the bed
Name the amusements the boys did before they dropped into the dumps.
hunt turtle eggs; have two fried-egg feasts; play “circus”
What new acquirement makes two of the boys happier “than they would have been in the scalping and skinning of the Six Nations”?
smoking without getting sick
What does Tom confess in his heart as the congregation sings at his “funeral”?
proudest moment of his life
What was written on the sycamore bark?
We an’t dead — we are only off being pirates.
Who is Alfred Temple?
the same boy Tom had fought earlier and the boy that Becky pretends to like
