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Stage 1
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!’ ............... 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
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COMPREHENSION TEST
4 Match a number from A with a letter from
B to make complete sentences.
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, …
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. ...............
d A friend of Tom and Huck. ...............
e Tom saves his life. ...............
20 marks
Total marks
OXFORD BOOKWORMS COMPREHENSION TEST ANSWERS
Stage 1
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1
a 8
b 3
c 1
d 14
e 10
f 2
g 5
h 13
i 4
j 6
k 15
l 12
m 7
n 9
o 11

2
a T
b F
c F
d T
e T

3
a Aunt Polly, Tom
b Tom, the teacher
c Becky, Tom
d Muff Potter, Injun Joe
e Tom, Becky

4
1 e
2 a
3 d
4 c
5 b

5
a Huck
b Becky
c Injun Joe
d Joe Harper
e Muff Potter

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage 1
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

9 The boys in Tom’s class were _____ late

SETTING for school.
a  sometimes
Choose the best answer. b  never
1 Tom Sawyer lived with his _____. c  always
a  mother and father d  often
b  mother and brother
10 Becky Thatcher was _____.
c  aunt and brother
a  Tom’s oldest friend
d  aunt and sister
b  the girl in the house next to Tom’s
2 They lived _____. c  the newest girl in Tom’s class
a  in St Petersburg d  a horrible girl at school
b  on Jackson Island
20 marks
c  in Moscow
d  on a boat
CHARACTERS
3 The mothers didn’t like _____.
a  Tom Choose the best answer.
b  Huckleberry Finn 11 Tom was very _____.
c  Joe Harper a  unhappy
d  Tom’s brother b  stupid
4 Tom _____ adventures. c  intelligent
a  had lots of d  famous
b  didn’t have many 12 Huck _____.
c  didn’t like a  never went to school
d  sometimes had b  sometimes went to school
5 His friends _____ the fence. c  was always late for school
a  didn’t like painting d  was a good student
b  enjoyed painting 13 Tom and his friends _____.
c  didn’t want to paint a  didn’t like Huck
d  broke b  liked Huck a lot
6 Huck had _____. c  were horrible to Huck
a  a mother and a father d  never played with Huck
b  no mother 14 Becky Thatcher had _____.
c  no father a  brown eyes and long brown hair
d  no friends b  blue eyes and long yellow hair
7 His father drank _____ all the time. c  green eyes and short yellow hair
a  coffee d  blue eyes and short brown hair
b  tea 15 Tom was very good at _____.
c  whiskey a  maths
d  beer b  singing
8 Huck lived _____. c  writing stories
a  on an island d  drawing
b  in a big house 16 Doctor Robinson was _____.
c  in a wood a  a graverobber
d  in the streets b  the best doctor in St Petersburg
c  Aunt Polly’s doctor
d  the poorest doctor in St Petersburg

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage 1
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

17 Tom and Huck _____ money. 24 ‘You draw beautifully. I can’t draw pictures.’
a  spent too much a  Huck Finn
b  stole a lot of b  Joe Harper
c  gave away a lot of c  Becky Thatcher
d  liked looking for d  Aunt Polly
18 They _____ Injun Joe. 25 ‘I gave you the money this morning. I’m not
a  weren’t afraid of giving you any more!’
b  didn’t know a  Doctor Robinson
c  were afraid of b  Muff Potter
d  liked c  Injun Joe
d  Tom
19 The old Spaniard was really _____.
a  Aunt Polly 26 ‘Let’s run away. Let’s go and live on
b  Injun Joe Jackson Island.’
c  Muff Potter a  Muff Potter
d  Mr Thatcher b  Injun Joe
c  Tom
20 Huck didn’t know that Tom and Becky were
d  Becky
lost because he _____.
a  was very ill 27 ‘Thomas Sawyer, where were you on the
b  went to Jackson Island seventeenth of June, at the hour of
c  ran away midnight?’
d  was on holiday a  the teacher
b  Aunt Polly
20 marks
c  Huck Finn
d  the judge
DIALOGUE
28 ‘Let’s put it under the cross – nobody
Who said or wrote this? goes there.’
21 ‘Where is that boy? When I find him, I’m a  Injun Joe
going to …’ b  Tom
a  Injun Joe c  Aunt Polly
b  Aunt Polly d  Huck Finn
c  Huckleberry Finn 29 ‘But how can they find us, in these hundreds
d  Muff Potter of tunnels?
22 ‘A dead cat can call ghosts out of a  Tom
their graves.’ b  Becky
a  Becky Thatcher c  Muff Potter
b  Tom Sawyer d  Mr Thatcher
c  Injun Joe 30 ‘I went to the end of my string, and
d  Huckleberry Finn suddenly, I could see daylight!’
23 ‘Now, Tom Sawyer, you go and sit with the a  Tom
girls!’ b  Injun Joe
a  the judge c  Becky
b  the teacher d  Joe Harper
c  Mr Thatcher 20 marks
d  Mrs Douglas

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage 1
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

VOCABULARY 39 a mark like X

a  tick
Choose the best answer. b  cross
31 a line of wooden posts around land c  stop
a  window d  cut
b  fence
40 to talk very quietly
c  brush
a  cry
d  garden
b  shout
32 a place for dead people c  whisper
a  picnic d  laugh
b  court
20 marks
c  island
d  graveyard
PLOT
33 a large hole in a hill or under the ground
a  cave Choose the best answer.
b  grave 41 Tom told his teacher he spoke to
c  jail Huckleberry Finn because _____.
d  bat a  he wanted to sit next to the new girl
34 to move earth with your hands or an object b  his teacher liked Huck
a  carry c  it wasn’t true
b  dig d  Huck was famous
c  dirt 42 When Tom and Huck went to the graveyard,
d  jump they saw three _____.
35 to take from a person or building something a  ghosts
that is not yours b  dead cats
a  kill c  bats
b  rob d  graverobbers
c  fight 43 Injun Joe _____.
d  find a  killed the doctor
36 a passage under the ground b  didn’t kill the doctor
a  box c  killed Muff Potter
b  string d  killed Tom
c  floor 44 _____ went to Jackson Island.
d  tunnel a  Tom, Huck and Becky
37 to die under water b  Tom, Sid and Joe Harper
a  fight c  Tom, Huck and Joe Harper
b  bath d  Injun Joe, Muff Potter and Huck
c  drown 45 When they didn’t come back, everybody
d  hit thought they were _____.
38 a lot of money, gold, silver, jewels, etc. a  on holiday
a  trial b  dead
b  island c  at school
c  treasure d  ill
d  idea 46 Tom told the judge that _____ .
a  Muff Potter killed Injun Joe
b  the doctor killed Injun Joe
c  Injun Joe killed the doctor
d  Muff Potter killed the doctor

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage 1
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

47 Injun Joe found a box with _____ in the

old house.
a  twenty dollars
b  six hundred dollars
c  some old clothes
d  thousands of dollars
48 Tom and Becky got lost _____.
a  in the old house
b  on the island
c  in the tunnels
d  at the school
49 Injun Joe couldn’t get out of the cave
because of _____.
a  the big doors
b  the big trees
c  the big men
d  the big ghosts
50 Tom and Huck became very rich because
they _____.
a  opened a shop
b  sold Aunt Polly’s house
c  found the treasure
d  sold the treasure
20 marks

Total marks

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST ANSWERS
Stage 1
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

PLOT
SETTING 41 a
1 c 42 d
2 a 43 a
3 b 44 c
4 a 45 b
5 b 46 c
6 b 47 d
7 c 48 c
8 d 49 a
9 d 50 c
10 c

CHARACTERS
11 c
12 a
13 b
14 b
15 d
16 a
17 d
18 c
19 b
20 a

DIALOGUE
21 b
22 d
23 b
24 c
25 a
26 c
27 d
28 a
29 b
30 a

VOCABULARY
31 b
32 d
33 a
34 b
35 b
36 d
37 c
38 c
39 b
40 c

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS BOOK ACTIVITY ANSWERS
Level 1
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

BEFORE READING 4 What … ? Twenty or more boats. / Every

page 44 boat in St-Petersburg.
5 What … ? They got quieter and quieter and
1 their faces went an interesting colour. / They
felt ill.
1 No
6 Where … ? To church, for their funeral.
2 Yes
3 No
4 No Chapter 4
5 Yes 1 To dig for treasure.
6 Yes 2 To an old house at the foot of the hill.
3 They looked through holes in the floor.
2 4 Injun Joe.
Do not give the answers to this activity but 5 Six hundred and fifty dollars.
encourage students to speculate and to make 6 A box of money.
guesses. They can check their answers as they 7 Under the cross.
read the story. The only ‘yes’ answer is 4.
Chapter 5
WHILE READING 4 One Saturday, a big boat took Becky, Tom
Chapter 1 and their friends down the river.
10 All the children went into the cave.
1 F: Tom lived with his aunt.
3 But then Tom and Becky left their friends.
2 F: Tom didn’t paint all the fence. / Tom’s
12 Tom and Becky went into a room of bats,
friends painted the fence.
and ran away.
3 F Huck Finn didn’t go to school.
2 Soon, Tom and Becky were lost in
4 T
the tunnels.
5 T
6 They needed water, so Tom found a
6 F: Becky Thatcher liked Tom’s pictures.
small river.
11 Then Tom left Becky and went down
Chapter 2 a tunnel.
1 Huck to Tom 1 Tom saw Injun Joe, but Injun Joe ran away.
2 Tom to Huck 9 In the sixth tunnel, Tom saw daylight and
3 The doctor to Muff Potter found a hole.
4 Injun Joe to the doctor 7 So Tom and Becky got out of the cave and
5 Muff Potter to the doctor went home.
6 Injun Joe to Muff Potter 5 Two weeks later, Mr Thatcher told Tom that
7 Huck to Tom there were big doors across the cave mouth.
8 Fifty men went to the cave and found Injun
Before reading Chapter 3 Joe dead.
Do not give the answers now but let students
check their choice as they read the chapter. The Chapter 6
correct answer is 3. 1 Tom and Huck went into the cave through
Tom’s hole.
Chapter 3 2 They found a smoke cross on the tunnel
wall.
1 Why … ? Because he saw Injun Joe’s face
3 They found the box of money in the room at
in the dark.
the end of the second tunnel.
2 Where … ? In the Mississippi, three miles
4 Everybody in the village heard about the
south of St-Petersburg.
treasure.
3 What … ? About six big fish.

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS BOOK ACTIVITY ANSWERS
Level 1
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

AFTER READING
1 Two children, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, found
1 + 12 I went to the graveyard with a dead cat
because I wanted to see ghosts.
2 + 16 Suddenly, I saw three ghosts, but they
weren’t really ghosts, they were men.
3 + 18 Doctor Robinson was there with Injun
Joe and Muff Potter, and I knew that
they were graverobbers.
4 + 15 They stopped at Hoss Williams’ grave
and Joe and Muff started to dig.
5 + 14 Muff asked the doctor for five dollars
more, but the doctor said ‘no’.
6 + 11 Then Injun Joe got angry with the
doctor and the doctor hit him.
7 + 17 Muff jumped on the doctor and he and
the doctor began to fight.
8 + 10 The doctor hit Muff on the head and
Muff fell down.
9 + 13 But Injun Joe had Muff’s knife and he
killed the doctor with it.
2
Possible answers:
Aunt Polly: Oh, Tom. You bad boy. I thought
that you were dead. Where
were you?
Tom: On Jackson’s Island.
Aunt Polly: Jackson’s Island? Why did you
go there?
Tom: Because we wanted to do
something exciting.
Aunt Polly: What’s so exciting about
Jackson’s Island? There’s
nothing there. Where did
you sleep?
Tom: Under the trees. It was
wonderful.
Aunt Polly: Well, I don’t know! What did
you eat?
Tom: We took some bread and meat
with us. Then, in the morning,
we went fishing and got fish for
our breakfast.
3
twelve thousand dollars in a box in McDougal’s
Cave. Injun Joe found the money under the floor
in an old house and put it in a small room at the
end of a tunnel. He marked the wall of the tunnel
with a cross. But then he couldn’t get out of the
cave because of the doors at the mouth of the
cave. When the men found him, he was dead, so
there is going to be a funeral. / isn’t going to be a
trial.
4
The picture goes on page 24.
1 Tom.
2 Injun Joe.
3 Because Tom is telling the judge that Injun
Joe killed the doctor.
Lines from the text on page 24 would make
suitable captions, for example:
 Crash! Injun Joe jumped through the
window.
5
Possible answers:
candle You can use a candle to see with.
knife You can use a knife to dig with, or to cut
things.
shovel You can use a shovel to dig with.
string You can use some string to help you find
the way.
6
Chapter 1
 Tom paints a fence
 Tom and the apples
 A new girl at school
Chapter 2
 Injun Joe kills the doctor
 Graverobbers
 Ghosts
Chapter 3
 Tom smokes a pipe
 Muff Potter’s trial
 The happiest funeral

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS BOOK ACTIVITY ANSWERS
Level 1
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Chapter 4
 The old house
 The man with the green hat
 The old tree
Chapter 5
 Becky’s birthday picnic
 Huck gets ill
 Tom and Becky are lost
Chapter 6
 Twelve thousand dollars
 The richest boys in town
 The money in the cave

Students will probably decide that some of the

new titles are not as good as others either
because they say too much about the story (e.g.
Injun Joe kills the doctor), or they focus on a
relatively minor part of the story (e.g. The old
tree).

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