This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer > The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What things did Huck and Tom bring to the cave? A) Some climbing ropes, pipes, kites. B) Bread, flashlights, kite strings, phosphoric matches. C) Bread, food, pipes, a couple of bags, two or three kite strings and matches. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bread, food, pipes, a couple of bags, two or three kite strings and matches. 2. How did the gentleman and the others probably feel when Tom answered David and Goliath? A) Surprised and that Tom was ridiculous. B) Annoyed and disappointed. C) Confused and frustrated. D) Proud and supportive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surprised and that Tom was ridiculous. 3. Who is Tom's friends A) Jhon. B) Sarah. C) Ben. D) Samantha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ben. 4. Tom sat down under a tree. In the fading light, he examined the two needles he ..... under the front collar of his shirt. One needle had white thread and the other had black. A) Kept. B) Keep. C) Keeps. D) Keeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kept. 5. Tom, Joe and Huck Finn ran away to ..... A) Work. B) Have adventure. C) Learn new things. D) Have fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have adventure. 6. What did they find next to the treasure box? (Correct) A) A barrel of gold coins, a bag of gunpowder, two shotguns with their cases and a belt. B) A keg of gunpowder, two machine guns with their leather cases, three pairs of old macassins, a belt and other things. C) A keg of gunpowder, two rifles with leather cases, two or three pairs of old macassins, a belt and other things. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A keg of gunpowder, two rifles with leather cases, two or three pairs of old macassins, a belt and other things. 7. Tom was Huck's only ..... A) Friend. B) Brother. C) Cousin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friend. 8. Where is Becky sleeping because of her birthday? A) In her house. B) In Tom's house. C) In McDougal's Island. D) In Susan Harper's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In Susan Harper's. 9. What happened when Tom startled Becky as she is sneaking in the classroom? A) She fainted!. B) The teacher caught her. C) She ripped a page of the teacher's books. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She ripped a page of the teacher's books. 10. What reveals that Tom went swimming instead of staying in school? A) The shirt is wet. B) Tom was seen swimming. C) Tom's wet hair. D) The thread color. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The thread color. 11. Why did Aunt Polly always laugh when Tom tricked her and ran away? A) She wanted to encourage him. B) She found it funny. C) She was relieved. D) She couldn't catch him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She found it funny. 12. What does dilapidated mean? A) Perfectly sized. B) Full of water. C) At ground level. D) Falling apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Falling apart. 13. To approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way A) Misgivings. B) Ostentatious. C) Avarice. D) Accost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accost. 14. What do you mean by:-scruffy A) Neat and tidy. B) Well organised. C) Dirty in appearance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dirty in appearance. 15. Why does Tom feel lucky when he discovers that his front tooth is loose? A) He gets money from the Tooth Fairy. B) He has a possible excuse to miss school. C) He wants all of his adult teeth to come in. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He has a possible excuse to miss school. 16. The gap in his upper row of teeth enabled him to ..... in a new and admirable way. A) Row. B) Gaudy. C) Wended. D) Expectorate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expectorate. 17. Which character said the following quote? "Spare the rod and spile the child, as the Good Book says. I'm a laying up sin and suffering for us both, I know." A) Becky. B) Polly. C) Walters. D) Mary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polly. 18. As Tom ..... to school after breakfast, he was the envy of every boy he met. A) Expectorate. B) Pariah. C) Wended. D) Row. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wended. 19. What happened when the window opened and the maidservant threw water out? A) Tom was invited in for a chat. B) Tom was scolded by the maidservant. C) Tom caught the thrown flower. D) Tom was hit by the thrown water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tom was hit by the thrown water. 20. What did Tom do on Monday mornings A) He went to play tricks on the other boys with Huck Finn. B) He tried to catch Sid doing something mischievous so that he could tell on Sid. C) He hid in the barn. D) He faked injuries so that he wouldn't have to go to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He faked injuries so that he wouldn't have to go to school. 21. Before he went home that night, they read the Scripture together. Here, 'scripture' may mean ..... A) A religious book. B) Newspaper. C) A novel. D) Some kind of script (of a movie, play, etc). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A religious book. 22. Which word would BEST describe Tom's character as portrayed in this passage? A) Mischievous. B) Patient. C) Respectful. D) Uncaring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mischievous. 23. How did Tom try to avoid school? A) He skipped classes. B) He pretended to be sick. C) He ran away from home. D) He asked for a day off. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He skipped classes. 24. Why was the teacher angry with Tom? Because, Tom didn't do his homework. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 25. What did Tom steal from Aunt Polly? A) An apple. B) A cookie. C) A doughnut. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A doughnut. 26. What was thrown in Tom's face? A) Water. B) Drink. C) Mud. D) Milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 27. Because Tom is full of mischief, Aunt Polly is constantly ..... him. A) Hugging. B) Duping. C) Wending. D) Reprimanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reprimanding. 28. Who is the author of Tom Sawyer? A) Ruskin Bond. B) Mark Twain. C) Oliver Twist. D) Jerome K Jerome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mark Twain. 29. "Tom, I'm sorry I suspected you of skipping school today ..... appears that I was wrong, " said Aunt Polly.Tom accepted her apology gracefully. A) By. B) It. C) Of. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It. 30. What is Tom Sawyer's aunt name? A) Huck. B) Polly. C) Becky. D) Joe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polly. 31. Who was Tom's aunt? A) Aunt Polly. B) Aunt Lily. C) Aunt Rina. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aunt Polly. 32. What did Tom do to attract the new girl's attention? A) Gave her a flower. B) Showed off. C) Wrote a letter. D) Asked her for a date. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Showed off. 33. Who was the tavern occupied by? A) Young Lawyer. B) Injun Joe. C) Tom. D) Huck. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Young Lawyer. 34. Secret and sly; attempting to avoid being noticed because of guilt A) Furtive. B) Guile. C) Mien. D) Alacrity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Furtive. 35. True or false Tom likes to go to school A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. How far was the steam ferry-boat from the village? A) 4 Miles. B) 3 Miles. C) 1 Mile. D) 6 Miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1 Mile. 37. Why did Tom have to be placed by near the aisle in church? A) He was placed near the aisle so he would be as far away from the open window and the summer scenes as possible. B) He was placed by the aisle so that he would be as far away from Amy Thatcher as possible. C) He was placed by the aisle because that was where he wanted to sit. D) He was placed by the aisle so that he could stretch his legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was placed near the aisle so he would be as far away from the open window and the summer scenes as possible. 38. What did the girl do when she saw the message from Tom? A) She laughed and rejected it. B) She ignored it. C) She got angry. D) She looked pleased. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She looked pleased. 39. Tom kept painting, and said, "Boys don't get to paint a fence every day."Ben watched Tom paint for a while. The fence looked clean and white. Ben watched some more, and soon he started to think, "Painting looks easy. Painting looks fun." Before long Ben really wanted to paint too! "Let me ..... , " he begged Tom. A) Paint. B) Try. C) See. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Try. 40. What did the boys want to try? A) Hunting. B) To Build a Raft for the River. C) Dip Snuff. D) Smoking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smoking. 41. Which vocabulary word means to beat or thrash? A) Corpse. B) Lick. C) Oath. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lick. 42. In what way did Tom disappoint Aunt Polly, after he returned from Jackson's Island? A) He didn't tell her where he went and it put her through a lot of pain. B) He took a donut from the pantry. C) She discovered that his thread was the wrong color again. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He didn't tell her where he went and it put her through a lot of pain. 43. People believed they were A) At home. B) Dead. C) Alive. D) At school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dead. 44. Where did Mary Austin get accused of not going to? A) Sunday School. B) Home. C) The river. D) The store. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sunday School. 45. What was it about the new boy that Tom didn't like A) He was big and muscular. B) He didn't move when Tom told him to. C) He had a snobby air about him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had a snobby air about him. 46. Injun Joe was ..... A) A criminal. B) A good man. C) Tom's friend. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A criminal. 47. Who did Tom Sawyer live with? A) His aunt. B) His sister. C) His mom. D) His grandman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His aunt. 48. What does whitewash mean? A) A white, paint-like material. B) To think. C) Hateful. D) The state of being unwilling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A white, paint-like material. 49. What is Tom's personality like? A) Mischievous and adventurous. B) Quiet and sleepy. C) Always cries. D) Annoyed and irritable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mischievous and adventurous. 50. Who hoped to see Tom a great Lawyer? A) Sid. B) Aunt Polly. C) Judge Thatcher. D) Becky Thatcher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Judge Thatcher. 51. Injun Joe killed ..... with a knife. A) The teacher. B) The doctor. C) The police. D) The children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The doctor. 52. What did Tom say to convice Joe to whitewash the fence? A) He said he doesn't like art. B) He enjoyed to whitewash. C) It was fun. D) He said he likes working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was fun. 53. Who explored the cave? A) Tom and Huck. B) Tom and Becky. C) Tom, Becky and Joe. D) Tom, Becky and Huck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tom, Becky and Huck. 54. Why did Tom sit next to the isle? A) So he was not close to the window. B) So he would be quiet. C) So he could not talk to Sid. D) So he could see everyone walking up the isle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So he was not close to the window. 55. As the schoolmaster is drawing a map of the US on the blackboard, what is lowered from the ceiling? A) A dog. B) A blindfolded cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A blindfolded cat. 56. Where did Huckleberry sleep when it was raining? A) Empty Hogshead. B) On a Boat. C) At Home. D) Tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Empty Hogshead. 57. What came ideling along? A) Sid. B) Beetle. C) Poodle. D) Cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poodle. 58. Aunt Polly was annoyed that she had ..... Tom's wet hair. A) Not noticed. B) Not realised. C) Overlooked. D) Not saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overlooked. 59. How did Tom feel about the task? A) He liked it. B) He hated it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He hated it. 60. What is an adventure? A) Exciting or daring experience. B) Reading books. C) Playing piano. D) None of above. 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