The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Chapters 1 to 3 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Comprehension Questions about Tom Sawyer LEVEL A2

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Where does Tom Sawyer live?

In St. Petersburg

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Why does Tom live with Aunt Polly?

Because his parents had passed away.

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Why did Aunt Polly punish Tom?

Because he ate the jam.

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What are Tom's defects?

He is lazy and mischievous. He is troublemaker because he started fighting with the stranger.

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What did Aunt Polly order Tom to do?

She ordered him to paint the fence.

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What did Tom do to make his friends paint the fence?

He told them that painting the fence was fun.

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Why didn't Tom want to paint the fence?

Because he wanted to go swimming.and play with his friends.

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Who painted the fence for Tom?

His friends Ben Rogers, Billy Fisher and Johnny Miller

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Name 5 things Tom got in exchange for letting his friends paint the fence.

An apple, an kite, an old knife, a cat with one eye, a dead rat, an old blue bottle, an old key

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Where did Tom go on Sunday morning?

To church

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What was the reverend like?

He was a serious man.

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What does Tom take out of his pocket during the sermon? What does he do with it?

A black beetle

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Why was the reverend angry?

Because the people were laughing at the beetle and the dog instead of listening to his sermon.

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Why did the people laugh during the sermon?

Because the dog was running after a black beetle that had bitten its nose.

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Why do the boys in St. Petersburg want to be like Huck?

They want to be like Huck because he doesn't go to school or church. He can spend all day doing whatever he wants.

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Where are Tom and Huck going to take the cat to? Why?

To the graveyard because they were told that dead cats can call ghosts.

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