Final Review Flashcards
an indirect mention of something
allusion
fear over future trouble or evil
anxiety
promising success
auspicious
willing to trust too quickly
credulous
fallen into partial ruin
dilapidated
careful about a private matter
discreet
demonstrative of much emotion
effusive
covered or stained with blood
gory
formal ceremony of admission into a club or society
initiation
settled or confirmed in a habit
inveterate
in a way that conveys a meaning opposite of its literal meaning
ironically
generous in forgiving an insult
magnanimous
state of being completely forgotten
oblivion
the power of arousing pity and sadness
pathos
to fall back into illness
relapse
having many curves or turns
sinuous
to talk to oneself
soliloquize
a multitude assembled together
throng
to lie in wait for and attack
waylay
a structure built for vessels to load
wharf
How does Tom solve the problem of having to whitewash the fence?
He makes painting the fence seem important and envious to other boys.
Why does Tom tell the schoolmaster that he has been fraternizing with Huck Finn?
to be placed in the girls’ section
What shakes Tom’s “whole structure of faith”?
A superstition of his fails.
Why did the ruffians come to the graveyard?
to take the body of Hoss Williams
Why do Tom and Joe have a difficult time falling asleep on Jackson Island?
Their conscience makes them feel guilty.
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 ain’t dead — we are only off being pirates.
How does Tom eventually feel about making up the “dream” he told his family?
shame
What new thing did Tom discover after he joined the Cadets of Temperance?
Promising not do something makes it more tempting.
What raging desire, which comes in every “rightly constructed” boy’s life, came over Tom?
the desire to dig for treasure
Who is the old deaf and dumb Spaniard?
Injun Joe
Why does Mrs. Thatcher swoon and Aunt Polly fall to crying?
Tom and Becky are still in the cave.
What was the fate of Injun Joe?
He became trapped in the cave and died of thirst and hunger.
What did Injun Joe mean by his number two being “under the cross”?
It was a secret hiding place in the cave.
Why is Huck feeling miserable?
Everything is too regular and ordered for him. He has been dragged into society. The Widow forces manners on him.
Who said, “I never did see the beat of that boy!”
Aunt Polly
“The pipe dropped from the fingers of the Red-handed, and he slept the sleep of the conscience-free and the weary.”
Who is this about?
Huck
Who said, “Pretty thin – as long a dream as that, without any mistakes in it!”
Sid
“Two of the savages almost wished they had remained pirates.”
Who is this about?
Tom and Joe
Who said, “He’ll tell about me tearing the picture, sure. I wouldn’t say a word, not to save his life!”
Becky
Who said, “You’ve ben might good to me, boys – better’n anybody else in this town.”
Muff Potter
