Part A In the excerpt from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, how does Ben respond when Tom tells him that he will not let him whitewash the fence?

He leaves to go swimming.

He leaves to look for his other friends.

He takes the brush from Tom.

He begins to beg Tom.
Question 2
Part B

Which evidence from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

"'Don’t you wish you could?'"

“...boys happened along every little while; they came to jeer, but remained to whitewash.”

“'No—is that so? Oh come, now—lemme just try.'”

“Tom went on whitewashing—paid no attention to the steamboat.”

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Explanation:

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old english did not sound like modern english, which differs widely in phonology and especially in grammar, so taht old english is unintelligible to modern speakers.

the average english was strongly influenced by the anglo-norman as later by the anglo-french. the pronunciation was affected by the norman with the sounds   "/ θ / and / ð / " transcribed as th.

modern english was standarized from the london dialect and extended by the government and administartion as well as by the effects of printing, began to acquire more words from other languages as well to imporve in a more fluent pronunciation.

*meditation

*music

*reading

*playing games

*going out to eat