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tom sawyer chapter 1-3
tom sawyer chapter1-3
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11/21/2005

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From where did twain develop his characters?
Definition
real people
Term
From where did twain develop his adventures?
Definition
his life
boys whom he had known's life
Term
From where did twain develop the superstitions?
Definition
from children and slaves in the west in the 1840's
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What does twain hope this book will do for his readers?
(2 examples)
Definition
remind adults of what once were themselves, how they talked, felt, and thought

entertain boys and girls
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list at least three things tom did wrong in chapter one
Definition
skipped school
steeling jam
challenging the new kid
had a different color thread in the colar
Term
Why does tom want to go to the water pump in chapter 2
Definition
People play there
he would not have to whitewash the fence
Term
why is jim reluctant to let him take his pail to go?
Definition
Aunt Polly gave him strict orders
if he will give it to him, polly will "lick" him
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What does tom offer to show jim if jim will give him his pail
Definition
tom's soar toe
Term
what is ben rogers imatating in chapter 2 as he came down the street
Definition
a steamboat
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why is ben rogers imatating the thing that he is imatating in chapter 2
Definition
because he was going to the big misouri
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how does tom manage to minipulate his friends into whitewashing the fence
Definition
he says that painting the fence is a once in a lifetime chance
Term
what great law of human action did tom discover
Definition
in order to make a man or boy covet a thing, it is only nesesary to make the thing difficult to atain
Term
what coments does twain make about the nature of work
Definition
work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do
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what coments does twain make about the nature of play
Definition
play consists of whatever someone is not obliged to do
Term
what game did joe harper and tom play in chapter 3
Definition
military
with 2 companies of boys who meet for conflict
Term
when tom sees becky thatcher what happens to his feelings for his first love amy?
Definition
they vanish
Term
what does becky do to show that she is not completely indifferent to tom's efforts to gain her attention?
Definition
she throws a pansy over the fence
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when tom is falsely accused and punished by aunt polly in chapter 3, what does he do after he is punished and after aunt polly agknowledges her mistake?
Definition
goes down to the river
thinks what people would do if he were to die
Term
what does tom think people would do if he were to die?
Definition
they would cry
they would feel bad
Term
give at least two examples of mourning scenes that tom imagines in chapter 3.
Definition
his aunt is leaning over him beseeching one little forgiving word, but tom would turn his face to the wall with that word unsaid,

he pictured himself being brought back from the river
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