General Novel

Question 1

Give an example of a flat character in Tom Sawyer

Answer 1

Huckleberry Finn

Question 2

Who is Tom’s Foil

Answer 2

Sid

Question 3

Give an example of a round character in Tom Sawyer

Answer 3

Tom and Aunt Polly

Question 4

What is the theme of Tom Sawyer

Answer 4

To become civilized or become people in a working society

Question 5

Is Tom Sawyer 
A. Character vs Character 
B. Society vs Nature
C. Character vs Society and Civilization 
D. Character vs Nature

Answer 5

C. Character vs Society and Civilization

Question 6

Give an example of an caricature in Tom Sawyer

Answer 6

Injun Joe

Question 7

Why does Injun Joe kill the doctor

Answer 7

He feels he had a score to settle because the doctors father was cruel to Injun Joe and he swore he would get revenge

Question 8

Why does tom want the bible

Answer 8

Tom sees Becky thatcher arrive and he wants to impress her and get glory

Question 9

Why is Huck an outcast

Answer 9

He is an outcast because he lives on the streets and his father is the town drunks and he doesn’t fit into society

Question 10

Why does tom pretend to dream about his aunt

Answer 10

He pretends to dream of aunt Polly so that she doesn’t find out that he was actually in the room when the conversation happened

Question 11

How does Tom get others to help him whitewash the fence

Answer 11

He gets others to help him by making look really fun and when they want to do it he trades them the paint brush for whatever they have and he gets “richer” without doing his chores

Question 12

Why does tom come forward to clear muff potter

Answer 12

He felt bad that Muff was going to die because he and huckleberry are keeping mum so he stepped up in court

Question 13

Why does huck run away from the widow’s home

Answer 13

He runs away because the widow was kind of forcing him to be civilized and even though she was kind he didn’t want to be a civilized human being he wanted to be on the streets he doesn’t like change

Question 14

Compare tom and sid

Why is tom looked as good and sid looked at as bad

Answer 14

Tom and sid are complete opposites of each other and even though tom is bad boy and is perceived good and Sid is good but is perceived bad

Question 15

Compare tom and Alfred

Why is tom good and Alfred bad

Answer 15

Tom is good because Becky likes him more than Alfred even though Alfred is being the good person and is trying to help

Question 16

How did tom and Becky get lost in the cave

Answer 16

They went into a corridor filled with bats and they raced out and when they were out they noticed they were lost

Question 17

What did tom’s actions in the church demonstrate

Answer 17

Tom’s actions demonstrate that he thinks church is trying to fit him into society and he hates it

Question 18

Use events in the story to support the following statement: Mark twain thinks that people who preach to others are often the least worthy

Answer 18

An example from the story that shows this is that the narrator says mr Walters is a honest man but when Tom comes up with the tickets he knows that even though he didn’t read any verses

Question 19

Compare injun Joe and muff potter why is muff bad and injun good in society’s view

Answer 19

Muff is bad because injun Joe framed him of murder of the Doctor and since injun reported it he was good but the tables turned why tom stepped up in court