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Chapter 1 Questions. Why does Tom dislike the new boy? Tom dislikes the new boy because of his clothes. He makes him feel bad about himself. How does Aunt Polly justify her decision to make Tom work on Saturday?
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Chapter 1 Questions • Why does Tom dislike the new boy? • Tom dislikes the new boy because of his clothes. He makes him feel bad about himself. • How does Aunt Polly justify her decision to make Tom work on Saturday? • Aunt Polly justifies her decision to make Tom work on Saturday because Tom hates work more than anything else, and he has not been behaving. • Why does Tom want to “lam Sid for that. I’ll learn him.” • Tom says he will “lam Sid for that” because Sid told Aunt Polly that the sew in his collar was the wrong color, and Tom was caught for playing hookey.
Chapter 2 questions • Briefly describe Cardiff Hill. Why is it so important to Tom? • Cardiff Hill is beyond the village, and green with vegetation. It is important to Tom because it is far enough away from home to be a good place to escape and dream. • Briefly describe Jim. How does Tom try to trick him? • Jim is Aunt Polly’s slave, he is young, and afraid of Aunt Polly. • Find an example of figurative language in this chapter that would mean, “You are in bad shape.” • On page 19- “You’re up a stump” • How does Tom convince Ben Rogers to give him his whole apple? • Tom makes Ben believe that whitewashing the fence is a privilege and only can be done by certain people. • What two generalizations about people does Twain make from Tom’s whitewashing incident? • Humans often want things that are hard to obtain. • Humans usually think of work as something they must do and play as something they do not have to do. • What is Twain attempting to convey through his extensive use of dialect—Tom’s, Aunt Polly’s, and especially Jim’s? • Twain wants to accurately convey the way ordinary people spoke in the Midwest during this time period.
Chapter 3 Questions • How does Tom take revenge on Sid? • Tom takes revenge on Sid by throwing dirt clods at him. • Do you think Tom is really angry at Aunt Polly for striking him? Why? • This is your opinion. (I don’t believe Tom is really angry at Aunt Polly. He enjoys the idea that his aunt is sorry and wants to make up with him. He enjoys being the wronged one. Twain writes, “ He knew that in her heart his aunt was on her knees to him, and he was morosely gratified by the consciousness of it.”
Chapter 4 Questions • What are the blue and yellow tickets? What do they buy? Pg 32 • The blue and yellow tickets are rewards for learning Bible verses. Ten blue tickets equal one red, and ten red equal one yellow. A student receives a Bible from the superintendent for ten yellow tickets. A student is supposed to memorize 2000 Bible verses to get a Bible. • Why does Tom want a Bible? Page 32 • Tom doesn’t really want a Bible; he wants the admiration from the new girl, Becky, and also the other students. • How do Tom, Mr. Walters, and Judge Thatcher “show off” in church? Page 33-34 • Tom shows off by pulling hair, punching other students, and making faces to Becky. Mr. Walters gives directions, judgements, and orders to show off to the Judge. The Judge sits in a chair and smiles warmly on all of the other people, showing off his superiority.
Chapter 5 Questions • Find an example of humorous exaggeration early in this chapter. • All church choirs are ill-bred, except maybe one the narrator remembers in a foreign country. • Tom is not the only one watching the pinchbug and the dog. What is the author trying to say about the sermon? • The author is trying to say that the pinchbug is more interesting than the sermon.
