This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer > The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What did Joe NOT want to go do? A) Shopping. B) Play Marbles. C) Fishing. D) Clean His Room. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fishing. 2. What crimes was Injun Joe accused of? A) Kidnapping of people. B) The theft of a hidden treasure. C) Of the death of 5 local residents. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of the death of 5 local residents. 3. What chore did Tom not like to do? A) Mow the yard. B) Sweep. C) Mop. D) Whitewash the Fence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whitewash the Fence. 4. What is the prize that Mary gave Tom for learning his Bible verse? A) A Bible. B) A knife. C) A flower. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A knife. 5. Where did Tom hate to go? A) Sunday School. B) The River. C) School. D) Outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sunday School. 6. Why do you think Tom tried to collect cards through trading? A) To earn a Bible. B) To impress the girl. C) To get a pocket knife. D) To be the best card collector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To impress the girl. 7. Becky rips up the teacher's book because: A) He gets scared when he sees the image of the naked figure. B) She gets scared when she sees Tom enter the living room. C) He gets scared when he sees the teacher enter the room. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She gets scared when she sees Tom enter the living room. 8. The other boys give Tom various items and toys so that they can whitewash the fence A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 9. A prodigy may refer to ..... A) A prince/ princess. B) A successful heir. C) A person who is very proud. D) A highly accomplished person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A highly accomplished person. 10. Sally arrives at home at 4:30 and knows that her mother does not get off of work until 5. Sally also sees that the lights are off in their house. A) Sally can infer that her mother is not yet home. B) Sally can infer that her dad is not yet home. C) Sally can infer that her mother likes pie. D) Sally can infer that her mother is going to the movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sally can infer that her mother is not yet home. 11. Did Tom hated Sunday School? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 12. When Tom met a stranger A) He wanted to be his friend. B) They engaged in a fight. C) He didn't talk to him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They engaged in a fight. 13. Who landed on the ground amid the debris? A) The Spaniard. B) Injun Joe. C) Tom. D) Huck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Injun Joe. 14. Why did the dog run straight out of the door? A) Because he saw a cat. B) Because he saw a beetle. C) Because the beetle bit the dog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because the beetle bit the dog. 15. What did Tom exchange for Billy's yellow card? A) A pocket knife. B) A piece of candy and a fish hook. C) White marbles. D) Blue cards. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A piece of candy and a fish hook. 16. How many days and nights of toil and hunger in the cave? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 17. Guess what Tom was thinking during the family prayer. A) He was wondering about the weather. B) He was focused on the prayer. C) He was reciting the Bible verses in his head. D) He was thinking about playing with his friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was thinking about playing with his friends. 18. Becky wanted to ..... Tom A) Play with. B) Fight with. C) Talk to. D) Say hello to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Talk to. 19. Fifty-two:year::two weeks: A) Fortnight. B) Chronicle. C) Labyrinth. D) Convalescent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fortnight. 20. Who was the the son of the local drunkard? A) Peter. B) Huckleberry Finn. C) Tom. D) Sid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Huckleberry Finn. 21. What did the teacher have in his hands? A) Book. B) Stick. C) Pencil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stick. 22. What is Tom's least favorite thing to do? A) Work. B) Sing. C) Read. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Work. 23. Which vocabulary word means grip something between finger and thumb? A) Pinch. B) Loot. C) Tolled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pinch. 24. Aunt Polly was determined to make Tom work on Saturday when she A) Found out he had threatened Sid. B) Caught him lying. C) Saw the state his clothes were in when he climbed in his window. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw the state his clothes were in when he climbed in his window. 25. What happens in the middle of the night to the boys camp? A) Big Foot appears. B) A storm comes. C) Animals come and eat their food. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A storm comes. 26. Who tore Mr. Dobbins' book? A) Becky. B) Tom. C) Joe. D) Amy Lawrence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Becky. 27. Tom swears revenge on Alfred Temple because: A) He stained his reading book. B) He fell in love with Becky. C) They hit each other at the beginning of the story. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He stained his reading book. 28. What detail about his journey did Tom actually share with Aunt Polly? A) He did actually write the note on the bark. B) He told her they were going to do it again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He did actually write the note on the bark. 29. What did Tom hope to achieve by lying under the girl's window? A) To steal her belongings. B) To get her attention and pity. C) To take a nap in the moonlight. D) To listen to her conversations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To get her attention and pity. 30. What time did the boys arrive at the dead tree? A) 4:00. B) 2:00. C) 1:00. D) Noon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noon. 31. After a tedious discussion, it was agreed that Mallika should be appointed as the President.Here, tedious means ..... A) Hot and angry. B) Long and boring. C) Interesting. D) Useless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long and boring. 32. What did Huck Finn offer Tom to do on their adventures? A) To play with their friends. B) To go to school. C) To swim. D) To go to graveyard at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To go to graveyard at night. 33. Why is Tom jealous of his friend Huckleberry Finn? A) Fin has nice clothes. B) Fin has a one-eyed cat. C) Fin gets to do whatever he wants and does not get bossed around by adults. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fin gets to do whatever he wants and does not get bossed around by adults. 34. What does the girl give to Tom? A) White paint. B) An apple. C) A box. D) A white flower. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A white flower. 35. What did Tom have to paint? A) Fence. B) Door. C) Wall. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fence. 36. What had been offered? A) Candy. B) Free Food. C) Rewards. D) Free Riding Lessons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rewards. 37. Who did Tom talk to the night before? A) Lawyer. B) Sid. C) Aunt Polly. D) Injun Joe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lawyer. 38. He dipped his brush into the bucket and painted the first plank. Then he stopped. "This will take ..... " He sighed. A) All day. B) All weekend. C) Forever. D) Ages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forever. 39. What interrupted the sermon in church? A) The confrontation between the beetle and the dog. B) Tom's screams. C) A loud noise coming from outside the church. D) Two children fighting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The confrontation between the beetle and the dog. 40. Huck Finn is so appreciative of Widow Douglas' attention that he spends hours trying to find ways to show his appreciation for her by collection special shiny rocks that she likes. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 41. Why did Aunt Polly feel that Tom should be punished? A) Tom was dirty. B) Tom skipped school. C) Tom shouted at her. D) Tom was eating jam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tom skipped school. 42. The antics of the clown were the highlight in the circus. Antics may mean ..... A) Foolishness. B) Amusing behaviour. C) Rude manner. D) Jokes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amusing behaviour. 43. What was Tom's mood when he went home? A) Confused. B) Mad. C) Cheerful. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cheerful. 44. What did they all look for after dinner? A) Desert. B) Shoes. C) Turtle Eggs. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turtle Eggs. 45. What is the correct spelling of this word? A) Duluge. B) Deluge. C) Daluge. D) Diluge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deluge. 46. WHERE WAS TOM HIDDEN? A) UNDER THE TABLE. B) IN THE WARDROBE. C) BEHIND THE SOFA. D) UNDER THE BLANKET. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) UNDER THE BLANKET. 47. Who was Tom's bosom friend? A) Becky Thatcher. B) Sid. C) Huckleberry. D) Joe Harper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joe Harper. 48. What did Tom share with Becky? A) Sandwhich. B) Blanket. C) Chewing Gum. D) Rats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chewing Gum. 49. Which vocabulary word means stolen goods? A) Lick. B) Loot. C) Oath. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loot. 50. How did Tom earn enough tickets to win a bible prize? A) Joe Harper gave them to him. B) He stole Sid's tickets. C) He worked hard in Sunday school and earned his tickets by learning his bible verses. D) He traded small treasures with the other boys in exchange for tickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He traded small treasures with the other boys in exchange for tickets. 51. What does Huck mean by "I'm not made for this kind of people" ? A) That I didn't want to work. B) That he liked those people. C) That he didn't like those people. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That he didn't like those people. 52. When the boys painted the fence, Tom stayed ..... A) At school. B) In the yard. C) In the park. D) In the graveyard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the yard. 53. Does Tom Sawyer have a brother? A) Yes, a half-brother Sid. B) No, he doesn't. C) Yes, he doesn't. D) Yes, he has two brothers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, a half-brother Sid. 54. Aunt Polly wished that Tom could be more like Sid. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. Why did Tom feel hostile toward the new boy he met on the street? A) The boy was friendly. B) The boy had nice clothes. C) The boy was bigger. D) The boy was a newcomer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The boy was a newcomer. 56. How does Tom become a "rich man" in Chapter 2? A) He sells his aunt's property. B) By selling fool's gold to people in town. C) He convinces his friends to pay him to do his job. D) He convinces his friends to rob the church. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He convinces his friends to pay him to do his job. 57. What did Huck tell Tom he did not like? A) To get rained on. B) Green Beans. C) To Read. D) Haunted Houses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haunted Houses. 58. Becky didn't go to school for many days because A) She was sick. B) She traveled to Europe. C) She had an accident. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was sick. 59. How did they guide themselves in the cave so as not to get lost? A) They marked the walls with candle smoke. B) With the footsteps. C) Leaving guide stones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They marked the walls with candle smoke. 60. What does the expression "hang out of the window" mean in that context? A) Hang clothes on the window. B) Run away, going out the window. C) Move away from the window. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run away, going out the window. Next →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Adventures Of Tom Sawyer Quiz 2The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer Quiz 3The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer Quiz 4The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer Quiz 5The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer Quiz 6The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer Quiz 7The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer Quiz 8The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books