My favourite great book is The adventure of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Tom lives with his aunt Polly in a quiet street of St. Petersburg, Missouri. He's a lively and clever young boy, and he finds himself in many exciting adventures . He runs away with his friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days. With Huck he goes looking for treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave and finally they find a box of gold. My favourite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead. He decides to go to his town funeral. He hides and watches for a time and then suddenly he appears. Everyone is surprised to see him but they're also pleased to see him alive. Tom is the hero of the story, but there are another important characters. Huck is an outsider and everyone is afraid of him . Becky is pretty with fair hair, Joe is Tom's best friend and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story. The theme of the story is about children growing up. It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talks about freedom, social rules and how people are punished for bad behavior. Why do I think The Adventure of Tom Sawyer is a great book? Mark Twain wrote the story in 1876, but it's still read and loved by people all over the world today. And although it's only a story. Twain wrote it in the everyday English of the southern states of America in the 19thcentury, so it sounds very real. Today it's thought to be one of the greatest books in American literature. Go on--read it! I know you'll enjoy it, too.

Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:

1. Who wrote the Adventure of Tom Sawyer?
2. What year did he write it?
3. Who does Tom live with in the book?
4. Do they live in Texas?
5. What state do they live in?
6. Who does Tom run away with?
7. What were there names?
8. What do Huck and Becky find in a cave?
9. What did everyone think happened to Tom?
10. Who is Tome's best friend?
11. And who is the villain?
12. What's the book's theme?
13. Who's pretty with light hair?
14. Did Twain write the book in Spanish?
15. When Tom ran away with Huck and Joe, where did they go?
16. What does Tom do at his own funeral?
17. Are people mad when they see him?
18. Who's the hero of the tale?
19. What's the name of the town that he and his aunt live in?
20. How many days did he run away to the island for?
21. Is Huck a local?
22. Are people afraid of him?
23. What century was the book written in?
1. Mark Twain.
2. 1876
3. his aunt Polly
4. no
5. Missouri.
6. his friends,
7. Huck Finn and Joe
8. a box of gold.
9. that he is dead.
10. Joe
11. Injun Joe
12. children growing up
13. Becky
14. no
15. to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River
16. He hides and watches
17. they're pleased to see him alive
18. Tom
19. St. Petersburg
20. several
21. no
22. yes
23. 19th