Ensign Tom Sawyer Vocabulary

5 Written Questions

1. ...he crossed before the doors; he CLAMOURED up the home-stretch; his anguish grew with his progress...
2. For FRIVOLITY and jokes, and spotted tights, were an offence when they intruded themselves upon a spirit that was exalted into the vauge, august realm of the romantic.
3. ...then all the young clerks in town in a body for they had stood in the VESTIBULE sucking their can heads, a circling wall of oiled simpering admirers...
4. Aunt Polly asked, "It was MIDDLING warm in school, wasn't it?"
5. But although Tom's ear tingled, his heart was JUBILANT.

5 Matching Questions

1. Snatched, stole
2. Settled securely or snugly
3. Lasting for many years
4. Careful, guarded
5. Amazing

1. a When Aunt Polly turned her back, Tom HOOKED a doughnut.
2. b Huckleberry was always dressed in the cast-off clothes of full-grown men, and they were in PERENNIAL bloom and fluttering with rags.
3. c They found the sharp new heap they were seeking, and ENSCONCED themselves within the protection of three great elms that grew in a bunch within a few feet of the grave.
4. d So he went to the beetle and began a WARY attack on it again; jumping at it from every point of a circle...
5. e Tom drew an hourglass, with a full moon and straw limbs to it, and armed the spreading fingers with a PORTENTOUS fan.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aunt Polly threatened to TAN Tom if he didn't come back in time for supper.
   1. Spank, beat
   2. Beat, whip
   3. Glasses
   4. Stuff, junk
2. 'Oh, Aunty, my sore toe's MORTIFIED!'
   1. Talked to oneself
   2. Affected by gangreen
   3. Snatched, stole
   4. Honored, revered
3. No, he would be a soldier, and return after long years, all war-worn and ILLUSTRIOUS.
   1. Sly and secretive
   2. Commotion/noise
   3. Highly distinguished
   4. Glasses
4. The villagers had a strong desire to tar-and-feather Injun Joe and ride him on a rail for body-snatching, but so FORMIDABLE was his character that nobody could be found who was willing to take the lead in the matter, so it was dropped.
   1. Prompt and cheerful response
   2. Terrific, wonderful
   3. Fearful and difficult to conquer
   4. Talked to oneself
5. Just at this JUNCTURE the boy felt a slow fateful grip closing on his ear, and a steady lifting impulse.
   1. Liking or enjoyment of something
   2. Intense dislike for
   3. Deserving hate or contempt
   4. A point where things join together

5 True/False Questions

1. Noticeable, visible, clear, marked → His heart was heavy, and he said with a DISDAIN which he did not feel, that it wasn't anything to spit like Tom Saywer...

   True        False

2. In a credible way → Tom got out of the presence as quickly as he PLAUSIBLY could, and after that he complained of a toothache for a week, and tied up his jaws every night.

   True        False

3. Prompt and cheerful response → He hung his hat on a peg, and flung himself into his seat with business-like ALACRITY.

   True        False

4. the ending of conflict or renewing of a friendly relationship between disputing people or groups → He began to hate himself for throwing away the chance Becky had offered for a RECONCILIATION.

   True        False

5. Absolutely trustworthy or sure → They found the sharp new heap they were seeking, and ENSCONCED themselves within the protection of three great elms that grew in a bunch within a few feet of the grave.

   True        False