Vocabulary from the book

Listenig The adventures of Tom Sawyer

                                                          

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Chaper 6 Under the cross

Tom and Huck go back to the McDougal`s Cave because they want to find the Injun Joe`s treasure, they finally find it. It is a big box and they carry it to the town, there everybody is happy for them and suddenly the boys are the richets boys in St Petersburg.

Chapter number 5 In The Cave

Tom, Becky and many of their friens from St Petersburg go to have a picnic by the Mississipi river. Once they are there they go to  visit McDougal`s Cave. Tom and Becky get lost inside the cave and the people from the town go to look for them. Finnaly the boys can leave from the cave and they return to the town.
Huck did not know anything about what happen with Tom and Becky because he was sick. To avoid any other dangerous situation the people from St Petersburg decide to put some door in the cave and that is how Injun Joe get trapped inside the cave and he died there.

Questions to think about
1. Why is there a picnic by the Mississipi river?
2.Who are in the picnic?
3. Who are not on the boat when they return from the cave?
4. What happen with Tom and Becky while they are inside the cave?
5. Why Tom doesn´t say anything to Becky about Injun Joe?
6. How can Tom and Becky get out of the cave?
7.Why does Injun Joe die inside the cave?

Chapter 4 Treasure

Tom and Huck want to go to look for treasures, they take a pick and a shovel, then they go to Cardiff Hill. At the foot of the hill they see an old house and they get inside it to keep looking for treasures, for their surprise Injun Joe is there too with a friend. Tom and Huck see when the Spaniard and his friend are digging to hide their money near the fireplace but they find something else... and old box full of money.

Chapter number On Jackson`s Island

During the summer holidays Tom, Huck and Joe decide to go to a different place far form St Petersburg. They go to Jackson`s Island and there they have a great time: they go fishing and swimming. One day they see about 20 boats on the river. Tom knows that the boats are looking for them and he has an idea...

Finally on sunday the three boys go back to the town and everybody is surprised to see them.

Chapter number 2 In The Graveyard

Tom and his friend go to the graveyard and they see three men. The tree men are Injun Joe, Dr. Robinson and Muff Potter. Tom and Huck  hide behind a tree and from there they see what happen when the tree men are figthing. The boys now know that Injun Joe is the real killer of Dr. Robinson.

Reflect on the following questions

1. What happen when Tom and his friend go to the cemetery?
2.Whos grave was new in the cemetery?
3.Who are the ghosts in the graveyard?
4.Why does Dr. Robinson want a dead body?
5.Why does Injun Joe ask for more money to Dr. Robinson?
6.What happen during the fight?
7. What happen after Muff Potter wakes up?
8. Where does Muff Potter spend four weeks?
9. Why are Tom and Huck afraid of Injun Joe?

Chapter number 1 Tom and his friends

Tom Saywer:
This is a boy who lives in St. Petersburg. He loves adventures and he hates going to school, because he doesn`t like to get up early in the morning. His mother is dead,  and that is why he lives with his aunt Polly, he also has a brother whose name is Sid.

Review the following quiestions from chapter number one

1.Where does the story happen?
2. Who is Tom?
3. Does Tom like to study? justify your answer.
4. Why Tom`s help him to paint the fence?
5.When do Tom and his friends want to go to the cemetery?
6.Why Tom and his friends want to go to the graveyard?
7.What can a dead cat do according to Huck?
8. Why does Tom arrive late to school?
9.Where does Tom meet Becky?
10. Why does Tom draw for Becky?