The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Study Guide Chapters 31-35

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1.  What does Tom discover behind the "laced and ruffled Niagara" formed by limestone?

2.  What else do he and Becky discover?

3.  When they first realize they are separated from the others and haven't heard them in a long time, why do they not retrace their steps back the way they came?

4.  Why does Tom blow out Becky's candle?  How does she feel about it?

5.  What do Tom and Becky have for food?

6.  What causes their hopes to rise?

7.  What disturbing information does Tom hide from Becky?

8.  When the townspeople learn that Tom and Becky have been found, why does Twain write that "Aunt Polly's happiness was complete, and Mrs. Thatcher's nearly so"?

9.  What did Tom have in his pockets that enabled him to find a way out?

10.  How far away from the cave did they make their exit?

11.  What steps does Judge Thatcher take to see that no one has the same experience in McDougal's Cave?

12.  What happens when Tom learns of these steps?

13.  What scene is found at the mouth of the cave when the townspeople return?

14.  What is Twain's opinion about the petition to pardon Injun Joe?

15.  Why is Huck afraid to search for Injun Joe's loot?

16.  How does Tom reassure him?

17.  What do they discover beneath the cross?

18.  Where does the Welshman take Tom and Huck when he finds them?

19.  What secret has Sid let out?

20.  What does the Widow Douglas plan for Huck?

21.  What surprise does Tom spring on the group?

22.  What effect does this have on the townspeople over the next few days?

23.  What happens to the money Tom and Huck discovered?

24.  To whom does Judge Thatcher compare Tom when Becky asks his forgiveness for Tom lying about the school master's torn book?

25.  What happens after three weeks of Huck's living with the Widow Douglas?

26.  How does Tom convince Huck to return to her?

27.  Why does Twain claim to end the book where he does?