Plot
Where is the setting of this chapter?
Silas Plantation
How does Tom feel about Huck's idea on saving a runaway slave?
Tom doesn’t have a problem with it and is willing to help Huck steal Jim back
After Huck describes his plan about using a different material for the ladder to free Jim, Tom says, “If I were as ignorant as you, I’d keep quiet…”. What does the word “ignorant” mean in this context?
In this context, the word ignorant means lacking of knowledge about making situations more elaborate or adventurous
“It ain’t no use to try to learn you nothing, Huck…” What does this quote show about Huck and Tom’s relationship?
This shows that Tom thinks of Huck as always trying to take the easy way out and that he never learns after someone tells him to do something
What does Tom want to do with the saw?
Tom wants to use the saw to cut off the leg of Jims bed
What material will they use to make the ladder to help Jim escape?
Their bed sheets
What is shown in Jim’s character when he realizes he must act like he doesn’t know Tom and Huck?
This shows that Jim has enough knowledge to understand that if he wants to be helped, he must lie and act like he doesn’t know either one of them
“I wish there was a moat to this cabin.” What is a moat?
A moat is a deep, wide ditch usually surrounding something
“I called it borrowing because that was what pap always called it; but Tom said it warn’t borrowing, it was stealing.” What does this show about Tom’s character?
Tom knows the difference between right and wrong, but that doesn’t stop his plans.
Where does all of Toms ideas spark from?
From the adventure books that he has read
Instead of simply lifting the chain off of Jim's bed, what does Tom think of doing to free Jim?
He thinks about sawing Jim's leg off
What does this chapter reveal about Tom?
This reveals that Tom likes to have difficult challenges instead of going the easy way
“Prisoners don't have geese running around the donjon-keep to pull pens out of, you muggins.” What is a muggins?
A muggins is a foolish and gullible person
“Jim ain't got no tin plates. They feed him in a pan.” What does this show about the way people treat their slaves?
This shows that people treat their slaves like animals and try to dehumanize them in any way possible.
At first, what do the boys want to use to dig the hole?
Tom wants to dig the hole with a knife because its too boring to use shovels and picks
What does Tom want to use, instead of picks and shovels, to help Jim escape?
A pocket knife
(case knife)
Towards the end of the chapter, Tom finally realizes that digging with a pocket knife would take too long and decides to “pretend” that it took 37 years. What does this reveal about his character?
He’s possibly grown up a little and willing to look at the bigger problem rather than his wants for adventure
“...nobody but a mean, ornery person would steal when he warn’t a prisoner.” What behavior does an ornery person demonstrate?
An ornery person is ill-tempered and sometimes stubborn
“It ain’t no crime in a prisoner to steal the thing he needs to get away with.” What is the irony between this quote and Huck stealing a watermelon?
Tom says you can steal anything, as long as it helps free Jim. It’s ironic that Huck steals the watermelon because they don’t need the watermelon to help free Jim.
What other crazy ideas does Tom have to make the escape plan more difficult?
He wants to dig a moat, get a shirt to write a journal in blood on, steal a bed sheet to make a ladder, and use knives to dig Jim out with.
Tom says how many prisoners use iron rust, tears, and ____ for pen ink.
Their own blood
What does this chapter reveal about the main characters overall?
This chapter shows how each character has begun to grow, develop, and mature in their own way
“...and smuggle it to Jim to kill the seneskal with, it would ‘a’ been all right.” What is a seneskal?
A seneskal is an official in a medieval noble household in charge of domestic arrangements and the administration of servants
“Blame it, this whole thing is just as easy and awkward as it can be. And so it makes it so rotten difficult to get up a difficult plan. “ We can assume this quote is from what character?
Tom Sawyer
Does Tom still show he has a moral? Give an example
*opinion question*
Yes, examples are:
Trying to save Jim
Explaining to Huck that stealing is bad
No, examples are:
Tom only wants to save Jim to make an adventure
Tom is bossy/demanding towards Huck