Vocabulary. Defn., POS, blanks, crossword due Wednesday. dire, prophecy, writhe, rebuke, clandestine, miscreant, ostentatious, soliloquy, repulsive, vagrant

1. After he stubbed his toe, he fell to the floor and _________(ed) in pain.
2. My teacher ____________(ed) me for turning in the assignment late.
3. The spy ____________(ly) watched the enemy agent to figure out his routine.
4. The warnings about the storm were ___________. Everyone was sure it was going to be a dangerous one.
5. Many of Shakespeare's plays contain _____________(ies), where the character reveals what he/she is thinking.
6. Some people find broccoli _________, but some people like it.
7. The __________ was caught with the purloined jewels in his possession and arrested.
8. The gold and diamond trimmed jacket was a  bit too ___________ for the low-key party.
9. The fortune teller made a very unlikely ____________, and then it came true.
10. Some people are concerned about the ___________(s) who hang out by the creek downtown.

Study Questions for Tom Sawyer
Chapters 6-8
1. What happens to Tom's pulled tooth?  2. What are the various methods of wart removal Tom and Huck discuss?  3. What does Tom say/do that makes the schoolmaster so mad?   4. Tom knows this will anger the teacher, but he does it anyway. Why?  5. "He had contemplated a good part of the performance before he contributed his bit of variety to it." (p52) What does "his bit of variety" mean?  6. Tom's mistake with Becky was...   7. Why does Tom envy Jimmy Hodges?   8.  When Tom's superstition about his marbles fails, he blames it on...?   10. What are the various careers Tom contemplates after the problems with Becky?  11. Who is the "Black Avenger of the Spanish Main"?   12. Why won't Tom "fall" (die) when he and Joe are "sword-fighting"?
Chapters 9-12 -  Slang: keep mum, afeared, by hokey, dasn't, geeminy, sawbones, hoss
Chapter 9
1. How do each of the boys react to the scariness of the graveyard? Who seems more scared? Why might this be?
2. Why did Doc Robinson hit Injun Joe?
3. (A-G) Label the "illustration."
Chapter 10
1. Why do the boys say they have to "keep mum"? 2. What does their oath say will happen if they tell?
3. What does the title of the chapter mean? 4. Who is Bull Harbison? 5. What does the last line of the chapter mean?
Chapter 11
1. When Injun Joe tells his version of the events in the graveyard, Tom and Huck are amazed that something doesn't happen. 2. What? What do they  think the reason behind this is?
3. "They inwardly resolved to watch him, nights, when the opportunity should offer, in the hope of getting a glimpse of his dread master." (p79)
4. "It's blood, it's blood, that's what it is!" Who's talking? What's going on?
5. How does Tom ease his conscience with regard to Muff? 6. Why doesn't Injun Joe get punished for body-snatching?
Chapter 12
1. Why did Aunt Polly think Tom had been taking the Painkiller all that time? What was he really doing with it?
2. "Because if he'd 'a had one, she'd 'a burnt him one herself!" Who's he? One what?
3. What does Tom do when Becky finally comes back to school? What's her reaction?