exacting, vindictive, genial, regalia, mirth, rapt, yearn, indulge, temperance, melancholy, nigh
  1.  His parties were popular, because he was a very _________ host, who seemed to like everyone.
  2.  New Year's Eve is usually an evening filled with __________ and celebration.
  3.  He was such an eloquent speaker, his audience was _____, completely forgetting about everything else.
  4.  The schoolmaster became more and more _________ as finals approached; expecting more and more out of the students.
  5.  Tom had two reasons to be _____________; the murder and Becky.
  6.  Tom joined the club only because they had cool uniforms and he wanted to wear the _____ in the parade.
  7.  The Bible says not to be ___________, but to "turn the other cheek."
  8.  All her life she ____________(ed) to be an Olympic soccer player.
  9.  One look at her face told me trouble was __________.
  10. (2) One thing that helps you live longer is to always practice ________; never ______(ing) in too much of anything.
Tom Sawyer Study Questions
Chapter 23/24
  1. "Little hands, and weak--but they've helped Muff Potter a power, and they'd help him more if they could." (p151) Who's talking? Why is this ironic?
  2. "Tom was out late that night and came to bed through the window." (p151) Where do you think he went? What makes you think so?
  3. At the beginning of the trial, what was Muff's lawyer's strategy for defending him?
  4. Even though he never testified in court, Huck was worried that Injun Joe might find out that he knew. Why?
  5. Picture A was included with chapter 24. Of whom is it a  picture?
  6. Which of these was the original caption for Picture B?  a) Injun Joe's Final Revenge.  b) Tom Dreams.  c) The Return of Injun Joe.  d) Injun Joe's Latest Victim.  e) Tom and Injun Joe.
Chapter 25 - SLANG: a) comb a body  b) slathers  c) shadder  d) tackle  e) a raft
  1. How does Tom want to spend any treasure they find? Huck? What do the differences in what they want tell us about differences in their personalities or outlooks on life?
  2. Why does Huck not want to get married? Why does Huck think it wouldn't be smart for him to save any money they might find?
  3. Give two reasons why Tom says they don't find treasure like they should.
  4. Why is Huck more afraid of ghosts than of dead people?
Chapter 26 - SLANG: "Spaniard"
  1. For Tom and Huck, what is the unluckiest day of the week?
  2. Who is pictured in Illustration C?
  3. What's wrong with the picture (if anything), according to the description in the book?
  4. What saved the boys from being caught by Injun Joe in the haunted house the first time?
  5. What was the original caption for Illustration C? a) The Search for Joe Ends  b) The Detective Catches Injun Joe.  c) Joe's Secret Cache   d) Hidden Treasures Unearthed.  e) None of the above.
  6. In one word, the "job" that Injun Joe talks about "aint robbery  altogether -- it's _______!"
  7. Why does Injun Joe decide not to rebury the  treasure they find?
  8. Which of the following was the original caption for Illustration D?  a) The Fight  b) Muff's Revenge  c) The End of Injun Joe?  d) The Boys' Salvation  e) None of the above.