Reading1 1. Answer the following questions.
a. Why did whitewashing seem painful to Tom? What did he really want to do?
b. How did Tom react to the arrival of Ben Rogers?
C. Why were the boys so eager to paint the fence?​

Whitewashing seemed painful to Tom as he had to do it on a Saturday when all of his friends were busy having fun  Tom really wanted to be with his friends

b. When Ben Rogers arrived, Tom Sawyer pretended to be fully absorbed in his task and continued whitewashing the fence. when Ben teased him about having no work, tom contended by saying that whitewashing is a privilege and one that aunt Polly would only trust him.

Tom convinced Ben to whitewash the fence by showing him that he loved his work and it was very interesting and entertaining. Tom also made the work more desirable and hard to get so that Ben would want it even more

Explanation:

answer: may i ask who shelly is?