The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

Chapter 2 Questions

First Name                 Last Name  

            Answer the following questions.

1)   Why did Aunt Polly give Tom Sawyer an apple?
    Tom was hungry
    She was happy and surprised he whitewashed the fence
    Tom wouldn't eat his vegetables          

2)   Why did Tom Sawyer have to meet Joe Harper in the
       muddy alley behind the cow barn?
    To give  him the apple from Aunt Polly
    To trade treasurers
    For an important army battle

3)   Why did Tom Sawyer do handstands in front of
       Jeff Thatcher's house?
    To get attention of the girl in the white summer dress
    He was bored
    To get attention of the girl in the red summer dress

4)   Who knocked over the sugar bowl at dinner?
    Sid
    Tom Sawyer
    Aunt Polly

5)   What happened to Tom Sawyer while he laid on the grass
       under the window of the Thatcher house?
    He got soaked from a pan of water
    He got bitten by a "pinch bug"
    The dog chased him away

6)   Where did Mary, Tom, and Sid go on Sunday morning?
    The pond to go swimming
    The pond to go fishing
    Sunday School

7)   How did Tom Sawyer collect enough tickets for a bible?
    Stole them from the teacher
    Found them on the floor in the bathroom
    Traded his treasures for tickets

8)   Who awarded the prizes at church?
    Judge Thatcher
    Aunt Polly
    Mary

9)   What treasure did Tom Sawyer pull out of his pocket to
       hurry up the sermon?
    Fire-crackers
    Paper airplane
    Black beetle "pinch bug"

10)   What happened to Tom Sawyer's treasure
        at the end of the chapter?
    Dog ate it
    Flattened by a dog
    Flew out the window