Who is number 2 in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?

Answer 1

It isn't a who its a what, In Ch.26, Tom and his friend Huck go to the haunted house on a Saturday afternoon in search of treasure. As they are searching for hidden treasure Injun Joe now disguised as a "Spaniard" arrives there with his accomplice. The two boys hide themselves and observe the activities of Injun Joe and his friend. The two thieves discover a wooden box containing gold coins worth thousands of dollars as they dig up the earth to hide their silver coins and Injun Joe decides to take the gold coins to "his den" and his companion remarks, "You mean Number One?" to which Injun Joe replies, "No-Number Two-under the cross. The other place is bad-too common." The thieves take the gold coins and depart leaving Tom and Huck to puzzle out what Injun Joe meant by "Number Two."

The next morning both the boys discuss what Injun Joe meant by "Number Two" and Tom guesses correctly that it is the number of a room in a tavern. Leaving behind Huck, Tom goes in search of room number two in the taverns of the town and soon discovers that in one "less ostentatious house, Number 2 was a mystery." Tom learns from the tavern keeper's young son that this particular room number 2 was always kept locked and that he never saw any one go in or come out of that room. Tom is convinced that it is this room which Injun Joe referred to as "Number Two," when the boy tells Tom that last night he had seen a light in that room.

Answer 2

In the book "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain, "number 2" refers to Joe Harper, Tom Sawyer's best friend. Joe is a prominent character in the novel who often joins Tom on his adventures and mischief.