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| From where did twain develop his characters? |
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| From where did twain develop his adventures? |
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his life
boys whom he had known's life |
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| From where did twain develop the superstitions? |
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| 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?
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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 |
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skipped school
steeling jam
challenging the new kid
had a different color thread in the colar |
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| Why does tom want to go to the water pump in chapter 2 |
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People play there
he would not have to whitewash the fence |
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| why is jim reluctant to let him take his pail to go? |
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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 |
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| what is ben rogers imatating in chapter 2 as he came down the street |
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| why is ben rogers imatating the thing that he is imatating in chapter 2 |
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| because he was going to the big misouri |
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| how does tom manage to minipulate his friends into whitewashing the fence |
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| he says that painting the fence is a once in a lifetime chance |
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| what great law of human action did tom discover |
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| in order to make a man or boy covet a thing, it is only nesesary to make the thing difficult to atain |
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| what coments does twain make about the nature of work |
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| work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do |
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| what coments does twain make about the nature of play |
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| play consists of whatever someone is not obliged to do |
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| what game did joe harper and tom play in chapter 3 |
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military
with 2 companies of boys who meet for conflict |
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| when tom sees becky thatcher what happens to his feelings for his first love amy? |
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| what does becky do to show that she is not completely indifferent to tom's efforts to gain her attention? |
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| 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? |
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goes down to the river
thinks what people would do if he were to die |
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| what does tom think people would do if he were to die? |
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they would cry
they would feel bad |
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| give at least two examples of mourning scenes that tom imagines in chapter 3. |
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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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