The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Group

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coolzo
coolzo

What are 15 main/important events from the Adventures of Tom Sawyer?

If you could also give the page numbers or quotes from the book telling that the event(s) are true, that would be awesome!

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Posted by coolzo on Sunday July 19, 2009 at 1:57 PM and tagged with the adventures of tom sawyer.

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  1. mbomengen
    mrsmonica Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    1.       Tom is caught having gone swimming by Aunt Polly because he used the wrong color thread to sew his shirt collar back on

    2.       Whitewashing the fence

    3.       Tom trades for the Sunday School Bible verse slips

    4.       Tom and Becky get engaged, then break up

    5.       Tom and Huck witness the stabbing of Dr. Robinson by Injun Joe

    6.       Tom & Huck swear a blood oath to each other never to reveal what they have seen

    7.       Muff Potter is arrested for the murder of Dr. Robinson

    8.       Tom feels unloved and runs away with Huck and Joe to the island

    9.       The boys return to attend their own funeral

    10.   Tom takes Becky’s punishment for spilling ink across the schoolmaster’s book

    11.   Tom & Huck go searching for buried treasure & discover Injun Joe at the abandoned house

    12.   Huck discovers that Injun Joe plans to slit the Widow Douglas’s nostrils

    13.   Tom and Becky get lost in the cave

    14.   Injun Joe’s dead body is discovered weeks later in the sealed cave

    15.   Tom and Huck retrieve the treasure and are heroes

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/tom-sawyer/summary

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    Posted by mrsmonica on Wednesday July 22, 2009 at 7:04 PM