The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1 Put the following events in the right order. Number
them 1–15.
a Tom and Huck see Injun Joe in the old
house.
b Tom sits next to Becky.
c Tom’s friends paint the fence.
d Injun Joe is dead.
e Tom and his friends go into the cave.
f Tom is late for school.
g The boys go to Jackson’s Island.
h Tom and Becky get out of the cave.
i Tom and Huck go to the graveyard.
j The boys go to their funeral.
k Tom and Huck find the treasure.
l Tom sees Injun Joe in the cave.
m Tom and Huck dig for treasure on Cardiff
Hill.
n Tom goes to Becky Thatcher’s picnic.
o Tom and Becky are lost.
30 marks
2 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)
a Tom lived with his aunt.
b Huck went to school with Tom.
c Muff Potter killed Doctor Robinson.
d Injun Joe was a dangerous man.
e McDougal’s Cave was very big.
10 marks
3 Who said this? Who did they say it to? Becky, Injun
Joe, Muff Potter, Aunt Polly, the teacher, Tom.
a ‘What’s that in your pocket?’ ............... to ...............
...............
b ‘I stopped to talk with Huckleberry Finn!’ d A friend of Tom and Huck. ...............
............... to ...............
c ‘You draw beautifully.’ ............... to ...............
d ‘Why did I drink all that whiskey tonight?’
............... to ...............
e ‘We must stay here. Near this river.’ ...............
to ...............
20 marks
oxford bookworms library sTAge 1
Mark Twain
4 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make
complete sentences.
COMPREHENSION
A
1 It was three miles to the old tree, …
2 They looked in all the rooms downstairs, …
3 There were holes in the floor, …
TEST
4 He took off his green hat – …
5 He moved two big stones from the floor, …
B
a … and then went upstairs.
b … and began to dig with his knife,
c … and then he took off his long white hair.
d … and through them the boys could see into
the rooms downstairs.
e … and the boys arrived tired and hot.
20 marks
5 Match the person with the description: Becky, Huck,
Joe Harper, Injun Joe, Muff.
a A boy who was always dirty. ...............
b A girl with blue eyes and long yellow hair.
c A man with long black hair. ...............
e Tom saves his life. ...............
20 marks
Total marks
 © oxford university press photocopiable
 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 Tom Sawyer lived with his _____.
a F mother and father b F mother and
brother c F aunt and brother d F aunt and
sister
2 They lived _____.
a F in St Petersburg b F on Jackson Island
c F in Moscow d F on a boat
3 The mothers didn’t like _____.
a F Tom b F Huckleberry Finn c F Joe
Harper d F Tom’s brother
4 Tom _____ adventures.
a F had lots of b F didn’t have many
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
c F didn’t like d F sometimes had
5 His friends _____ the fence.
a F didn’t like painting b F enjoyed
painting c F didn’t want to paint d F broke
TEST
6 Huck had _____.
a F a mother and a father b F no mother
c F no father d F no friends
7 His father drank _____ all the time.
a F coffee b F tea c F whiskey d F beer
8 Huck lived _____.
a F on an island b F in a big house
c F in a wood d F in the streets
9 The boys in Tom’s class were _____ late for
school.
a F sometimes b F never c F always
d F often
10 Becky Thatcher was _____.
a F Tom’s oldest friend b F the girl in the
house next to Tom’s c F the newest girl in
Tom’s class d F a horrible girl at school
20 marks
Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Tom was very _____.
a F unhappy b F stupid c F intelligent
d F famous
12 Huck _____.
a F never went to school b F sometimes went
to school c F was always late for school
d F was a good student
13 Tom and his friends _____.
a F didn’t like Huck b F liked Huck a lot
c F were horrible to Huck d F never played
with Huck
oxford bookworms library sTAge 1
Mark Twain
14 Becky Thatcher had _____.
a F brown eyes and long brown hair b F blue
eyes and long yellow hair c F green eyes and
short yellow hair d F blue eyes and short
brown hair
15 Tom was very good at _____.
a F maths b F singing
c F writing stories d F drawing
16 Doctor Robinson was _____.
a F a graverobber b F the best doctor in
St Petersburg c F Aunt Polly’s doctor
d F the poorest doctor in St Petersburg
17 Tom and Huck _____ money.
a F spent too much b F stole a lot of
c F gave away a lot of d F liked looking for
18 They _____ Injun Joe.
a F weren’t afraid of b F didn’t know
c F were afraid of d F liked
19 The old Spaniard was really_____.
a F Aunt Polly b F Injun Joe
c F Muff Potter d F Mr Thatcher
20 Huck didn’t know that Tom and Becky were lost
because he _____.
a F was very ill b F went to Jackson
Island c F ran away d F was on holiday
20 marks
Dialogue
Who said or wrote this?
21 ‘Where is that boy? When I find him, I’m going
to…’
a F Injun Joe b F Aunt Polly
c F Huckleberry Finn d F Muff Potter
22 ‘A dead cat can call ghosts out of their graves.’
a F Becky Thatcher b F Tom Sawyer
c F Injun Joe d F Huckleberry Finn
23 ‘Now, Tom Sawyer, you go and sit with the girls!’
a F the judge b F the teacher
c F Mr Thatcher d F Mrs Douglas
24 ‘You draw beautifully. I can’t draw pictures.’
a F Huck Finn b F Joe Harper
c F Becky Thatcher d F Aunt Polly
25 ‘I gave you the money this morning. I’m not
giving you any more!’
a F Doctor Robinson b F Muff Potter
c F Injun Joe d F Tom
26 ‘Let’s run away. Let’s go and live on Jackson
Island.’
a F Muff Potter b F Injun Joe c F Tom
d F Becky
42 © oxford university press photocopiable
 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
27 ‘Thomas Sawyer, where were you on the
seventeenth of June, at the hour of midnight?’
a F the teacher b F Aunt Polly
c F Huck Finn d F the judge
28 ‘Let’s put it under the cross – nobody goes
there.’
a F Injun Joe b F Tom c F Aunt Polly
d F Huck Finn
29 ‘But how can they find us, in these hundreds of
tunnels?
a F Tom b F Becky c F Muff Potter
d F Mr Thatcher
30 ‘I went to the end of my string, and suddenly, I
could see daylight!’
a F Tom b F Injun Joe c F Becky
d F Joe Harper
20 marks
Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 a line of wooden posts around land
a F window b F fence c F brush
d F garden
32 a place for dead people
a F picnic b F court c F island
d F graveyard
33 a large hole in a hill or under the ground
a F cave b F grave c F jail d F bat
34 to move earth with your hands or an object
a F carry b F dig c F dirt d F jump
35 to take from a person or building something
that is not yours
a F kill b F rob c F fight d F find
36 a passage under the ground
a F box b F string c F floor d F tunnel
37 to die under water
a F fight b F bath c F drown d F hit
38 a lot of money, gold, silver, jewels, etc.
a F trial b F island c F treasure d F idea
39 a mark like X
a F tick b F cross c F stop d F cut
40 to talk very quietly
a F cry b F shout c F whisper d F laugh
20 marks
oxford bookworms library sTAge 1
Mark Twain
Plot
Choose the best answer.
41 Tom told his teacher he spoke to Huckleberry
Finn because _____.
a F he wanted to sit next to the new girl
b F his teacher liked Huck c F it wasn’t
true d F Huck was famous
42 When Tom and Huck went to the graveyard,
they saw three _____.
a F ghosts b F dead cats c F bats
d F graverobbers
43 Injun Joe _____.
a F killed the doctor b F didn’t kill the
doctor c F killed Muff Potter d F killed Tom
44 _____ went to Jackson Island.
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
a F Tom, Huck and Becky b F Tom, Sid and
Joe Harper c F Tom, Huck and Joe
Harper d F Injun Joe, Muff Potter and Huck
45 When they didn’t come back, everybody thought
TEST
they were _____.
a F on holiday b F dead c F at school
d F ill
46 Tom told the judge that _____ .
a F Muff Potter killed Injun Joe b F the
doctor killed Injun Joe c F Injun Joe killed the
doctor d F Muff Potter killed the doctor
47 Injun Joe found a box with _____ in the old
house.
a F twenty dollars b F six hundred dollars
c F some old clothes d F thousands of
dollars
48 Tom and Becky got lost _____.
a F in the old house b F on the island
c F in the tunnels d F at the school
49 Injun Joe couldn’t get out of the cave because of
_____.
a F the big doors b F the big trees c F the
big men d F the big ghosts
50 Tom and Huck became very rich because
they _____.
a F opened a shop b F sold Aunt Polly’s
house c F found the treasure d F sold the
treasure
20 marks
Total marks
43 © oxford university press photocopiable