Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain and Literary Periods
The Phelps' Episode
Other Episodes
HodgePodge
100

Tom uses this information to help him devise a plan to steal Jim.

What is from reading adventure books?

100

Twain's real name

What is Samuel Langhorne Clemens?

100

Tom and Huck take this action that causes Aunt Sally misery/confusion.

What is steal from her and/or put snakes and spiders into the house?

100

To fake his own death, Huck takes this bloody action.

What is kill a pig and smear its blood to look like Huck's?

100
Huck believes helping Jim will have this result on Huck.

What is Huck thinks he is going to hell for helping Jim escape slavery?

200

Tom's return to Huck's life has this effect on Huck.

What is Huck reverts to a follower/childish ways?

200

Twain wrote in this American Literary period.

What is realism?

200

Jim takes this action that causes the community to stop "cussing him."

What is sacrifice his freedom to save Tom's life?

200

Huck pretends he believes the king and the duke's stories for these reasons. (2)

What is he doesn't want to cause conflict and he wants to keep Jim safe?

200

Huck's first persona.

What is murder victim?

300

Tom benefits from helping Huck steal Jim in this way.

What is Tom has adventure?

300

This celestial object appeared in the night sky both on the night of Twain's birth and the night of Twain's death.

What is Haley's Comet?

300

What is ironic about the way Tom and Huck get the millstone into Jim's shed?

What is they free Jim to help get the millstone into his shed?

300

The king and the duke represent this characteristic of people.

What is greed and/or selfishness?

300

The Willks' swindle bothers Huck for these reasons (2).

What is Huck builds relationships with them and they are orphans?

400

While Huck is a realist, this description fits Tom (opposite of realist).

What is romantic?

400

The two actions are the basis for realism.

What are observation and experience?

400

Aunt Sally show racism in this way when Huck (as Tom) explains why he arrived later than expected.

What is Aunt Sally doesn't consider slaves people?

400

This is how the Grangerfords and Shepardsons show religious hypocrisy.

What is carry guns to church and/or talk about the great sermon then kill each other?

400

The king and the duke use this emotion to fool the townspeople with the Royal Nonsuch scam.

What is people's pride?

500

Tom reacts in this way when Huck steals a watermelon.

What is anger and makes Huck pay for the watermelon?

500

This short story made Twain famous.

What is "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"?

500

This example supports Silas Phelps as a hypocrite.

What is keeps Jim prisoner/owns personal slaves, but prays with him/is a pastor?

500

This rationale is why Jim is not involved in the Wilks Episode.

What is England had no slaves at that time?

500

This novel is racist. (true/false)

What is false?