Vocabulary (Definitions w/POS, blanks filled in by Thursday) -- grisly, forsake, attrition, rollicking, jaded, countenance, convey, fresco, shanty, throng, absolve
  1. (2) There were ______(s) of people at the huge stadium concert, and it was a _____, fun-loving crowd.
  2. The judge _________(ed) him and set him free.
  3. The cafe had a nice ___________ painted on the wall of the patio area.
  4. After she lied to everyone, her friends had ____________(n) her.
  5. It is hard to tell what he is thinking. His ____________ rarely changes expression.
  6. The ____________ scene in the graveyard horrified the village.
  7. Many reggae singers sing of growing up in the poor __________-towns of Jamaica.
  8. Dally's childhood on the streets left him angry, worn out, street-wise, and ___________.
  9. Historians call WWI a war of ___________, where each side simply wanted to do as much damage as possible to the other side.
  10. Words sometimes cannot __________ our true feelings.
Tom Sawyer Study Questions
Chapter 28
  1. Name the two people in the picture.
  2. How did the one with the lantern get in?
  3. Why is it ironic that there are whisky bottles everywhere?
  4. What's the boys' plan at the end of chapter 28?
Chapter 29 - Bonus: A Welshman would be from what country?
  1. Why does Injun Joe want revenge on the wido?
  2. Where do Tom and Becky plan to go after the picnic?
  3. Only a few of the parents went on the picnic with the kids. a) True  b) False
  4. Tom knows his way around the cave better than anyone.  a) True  b) False
  5. What does Injun Joe want to do to the widow?
  6. What is the Welshman's reaction when Huck knocks on his door to tell him about Injun Joe?
Chapter 30
  1. Until the Welshman said it, what word(s) had Huck never heard directed at him before?
  2. What secret does the Welshman keep from everyone?
  3. When Huck is talking to the Welshman about Injun Joe, he's trying very hard not to talk about two things. What are they?
  4. When/Where/How are Tom and Becky discovered missing?
  5. What two signs of Becky and Tom do the searchers find in the cave?
  6. At the end of Chapter 30, how long have Tom and Becky been in the cave?
  7. Why doesn't Huck know Tom is lost in the cave?
Chapter 31, 32 - Bonus: How long is a fortnight?
  1. There was a picture in the original book, in this chapter, called "Attacked by the Natives." Who are the "natives"?
  2. What "supplies" did Tom and Becky have inside the cave?
  3. "...but I've see such a beautiful country in my dream. I reckon we are going there." What country does Becky mean?
  4. Once their candles were gone, how could Tom still explore some side passages, and still get back to Becky?
  5. Becky and Tom were both surprisingly calm after they realized they were lost.  a) True  b) False
  6. The chapter is called "Found and Lost Again" because...
  7. When Tom told the story of their adventures in the cave... a) he told it very realistically.  b) he told how Becky broke down and cried.  c) he added many extra details.  d) he was too tired to tell the whole story. e) none of the above.
  8. When Tom comes out of the cave and talks to the men on a skiff (boat), why did they not believe his story at first?