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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Chapter XXXII · Chapter 32

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CHAPTER VIII Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.

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CHAPTER VIII
Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the
track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
He crossed
a small branch two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Chapter XXXII · Chapter 32

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Reading 1/46 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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CHAPTER VIII
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Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the
Line 3
track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
Line 4
He crossed
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a smallbranchtwo or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile
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a

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From this reading track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.

and

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From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the

because

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From this reading a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile

branch

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CHAPTER

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From this reading CHAPTER VIII

crossed

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From this reading He crossed

dodged

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fell

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From this reading track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.

he

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hither

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From this reading Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the

into

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jog

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From this reading track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.

juvenile

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From this reading a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile

lanes

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moody

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of

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or

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out

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prevailing

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From this reading a small “branch” two or three times, because of a prevailing juvenile

returning

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From this reading track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.

scholars

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From this reading track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.

small

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the

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then

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thither

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three

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through

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times

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Tom

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track

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two

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until

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VIII

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was

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well

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Chapter Quiz

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What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of Chapter 32?

Which core linguistic virtue or character attribute is emphasized in this passage?

According to the text: "CHAPTER VIII...", what tone does the author establish?

Shadowing Practice

Repeat the selected source lines aloud to practice rhythm, stress, and clear US English pronunciation.

Narrator: CHAPTER VIII
Narrator: But now, this thing had actually and unquestionably failed.