The adventures of tom sawyer, chapter 1 (excert)what does tom do to prevent aunt polly from finding out that he ate her jam? a) tom hides under the bed and then in the closet b) tom hide under the bed and tries to blame the cat c) tom hides in the closet so that aunt polly would not see him d) tom tried to wash the jam off and lied to aunt polly about the cat

To prevent aunt Polly from finding out that he ate her jam, Tom hides in the closet so that aunt Polly would not see him.

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The opening of the first chapter of "The adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain shows a scene where Aunt Polly is looking for her nephew Tom Sawyer and after looking all over around, she finally finds him hiding in the closet, with his hand all cover with jam. Then Aunt Polly gets really angry and is ready to punish him but he distracts her and runs away.

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