The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Fence - Aunt Polly forces Tom to whitewash this, a chore that should take him several hours, although he finds an easy way to do it.

Ticket - This is the prize for memorizing a Bible passage at church and comes in different colors of different values. Tom trades for this item from other Sunday school kids.

Percussion-cap Box - Tom uses this to carry bugs around, and releases a pinch-bug from it during church, leading to a big disruption.

Dead Cat - This item is very magical, according to the local superstition....
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