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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Chapters 1 to 3

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  • Why are Tom and Huck so scared after being in the graveyard?
    Because they saw Injun Joe kill Dr.Robinson with Muff Potter's knife. Both, Tom and Huck, know the truth.
  • When are Tom and Huck going to go to the graveyard? Why?
    At night to find Hoss Williams' grave and see his ghost.
  • Why does Tom live with Aunt Polly?
    Because his parents had passed away.
  • Why was the reverend angry?
    Because the people were laughing at the beetle and the dog instead of listening to his sermon.
  • What are Tom's defects?
    He is lazy and mischievous. He is troublemaker because he started fighting with the stranger.
  • 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.
  • What did Aunt Polly order Tom to do?
    She ordered him to paint the fence.
  • 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.
  • What was the reverend like?
    He was a serious man.
  • Where does Tom Sawyer live?
    In St. Petersburg
  • What does Tom take out of his pocket during the sermon? What does he do with it?
    A black beetle
  • Who is Tom's best friend?
    Huckleberry Finn
  • What happened to Dr. Robinson while he was in the graveyard?
    He was stabbed with a knife that Injun Joe was holding.
  • How did Injun Joe kill Dr. Robinson?
    Injun Joe took Muff Potter's knife.
  • Why did Aunt Polly punish Tom?
    Because he ate the jam.
  • Why did the people laugh during the sermon?
    Because the dog was running after a black beetle that had bitten its nose.
  • Who is Becky Thatcher? What does she look like?
    She is the new girl at school. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. Tom has a crush on her as soon as he sees her at school.
  • Why was Huck carrying a dead cat?
    Because he was told that they could call ghosts.
  • Who did Huck and Tom see in the graveyard?
    Dr. Robinson, Muff Potter and Injun Joe.
  • Why didn't Tom want to paint the fence?
    Because he wanted to go swimming.and play with his friends.
  • Where did Tom go on Sunday morning?
    To church
  • Who painted the fence for Tom?
    His friends Ben Rogers, Billy Fisher and Johnny Miller
  • 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
  • Name three things about Huck's life.
    No mother / an alcoholic father / homeless / he doesn't go to school so mothers don't like him. / Bad language and manners.
  • What did Tom do to make his friends paint the fence?
    He told them that painting the fence was fun.
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