Tom Sawyer trivia quiz questions with answers
Who is the author of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"?
Answer: Mark Twain
What is the name of the protagonist of the novel?
Answer: Tom Sawyer
In what state does the novel take place?
Answer: Missouri
Who is Tom's best friend in the novel?
Answer: Huckleberry Finn
What is the name of the girl Tom is in love with?
Answer: Becky Thatcher
What is the name of the island where Tom and Huck run
away to?
Answer: Jackson's Island
What is the name of the boy who is mistakenly believed
to have drowned?
Answer: Tom Sawyer
What is the name of the boy who Tom convinces to paint
the fence for him?
Answer: Ben Rogers
What is the name of the man who is falsely accused of
being a thief?
Answer: Muff Potter
What is the name of the man who is the real thief in
the novel?
Answer: Injun Joe
What is the name of the widow who takes care of Tom and
his brother?
Answer: Mrs. Douglas
What is the name of the teacher who punishes Tom for
his misbehavior?
Answer: Mr. Dobbins
What is the name of the cave where Tom and Becky get
lost?
Answer: McDougal's Cave
What is the name of the judge who presides over Muff
Potter's trial?
Answer: Judge Thatcher
What is the name of the house Tom and Huck plan to rob?
Answer: The Welshman's house
What is the name of the gang that Tom and Huck form?
Answer: The Band of Robbers
What does Tom witness Injun Joe doing in the graveyard?
Answer: Injun Joe kills Dr. Robinson
What is the name of the girl who gets lost in the cave
with Tom?
Answer: Becky Thatcher
What does Tom do to get out of punishment for his
behavior in school?
Answer: He persuades his classmates to join him in a game
What does Tom find in the cave that leads to the
capture of Injun Joe?
Answer: A treasure
What is the name of Tom's half-brother?
Answer: Sid
What does Tom trade to Huck for his wealth?
Answer: A dead rat
What is the name of the boy who has a crush on Becky
Thatcher?
Answer: Alfred Temple
What does Tom witness while he is hiding in the closet
at the murder trial?
Answer: Injun Joe confesses to the murder
What does Tom dream of becoming in the future?
Answer: A robber
What is the name of the boy who falls into the river
and is rescued by Tom and Huck?
Answer: Johnny
What is the name of the town where the novel takes
place?
Answer: St. Petersburg
What does Tom trick his friends into believing is a
cure for warts?
Answer: Painting a dead cat
What is the name of the boy who is the first to join
Tom's gang?
Answer: Joe Harper
What does Tom do to make up for his behavior towards
Becky?
Answer: He gives her a note confessing his love and a pearl necklace.