Chapters 21-26

Question 1

the crown or top of the head

Answer 1

pate

Question 2

a project that requires boldness

Answer 2

enterprise

Question 3

to testify or affirm under oath

Answer 3

depose

Question 4

to fall back into wrongdoing

Answer 4

relapse

Question 5

lacking in vigor or vitality

Answer 5

languid

Question 6

easygoing, relaxed, and genial

Answer 6

mellow

Question 7

recovering health and strength after illness

Answer 7

convalescent

Question 8

abundantly or plentifully supplied

Answer 8

opulent

Question 9

Why does Tom sacrifice himself for Becky?

Answer 9

He cares about protecting her.

Question 10

How do the boys take revenge upon Mr. Dobbins

Answer 10

They paint his head.

Question 11

What new thing did Tom discover after he joined the Cadets of Temperance?

Answer 11

Promising not do something makes it more tempting.

Question 12

What is a “chronic misery” to Tom?

Answer 12

the secret of the murder

Question 13

Why do Tom and Huck think Muff Potter is “kind and good”?

Answer 13

He mended kites for Tom. He knitted hooks on Tom’s line. He stood by Huck when he was out of luck.

Question 14

What had been done about Injun Joe?

Answer 14

Rewards had been offered. They countryside had been searched. A detective came.

Question 15

What raging desire, which comes in every “rightly constructed” boy’s life, came over Tom?

Answer 15

the desire to dig for treasure

Question 16

Where do the boys plan to search for treasure after the dead tree?

Answer 16

the old haunted house

Question 17

Who said, “He’ll tell about me tearing the picture, sure. I wouldn’t say a word, not to save his life.”

Answer 17

Becky

Question 18

Who said, “You’ve ben might good to me, boys – better’n anybody else in this town.”

Answer 18

Muff Potter

Question 19

Who said, “In the graveyard!”

Answer 19

Tom

Question 20

“S’pose this one here was to stick his skull out and say something!”

Who was the speaker speaking to?

Answer 20

Huck