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.”

[he] let his gaze wander to the swirling water of the stream racing madly beneath his feet. a piece of dancing driftwood caught his attention and his eyes followed it down the current. how slowly it appeared to move! what a sluggish stream! what contrasting words are used to describe the stream in this passage?

Read this excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.”tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one. which of these changes would make this excerpt more argumentative? using words that affect the audience’s sense of trustusing less repetition of certain words and phrasesincluding words that address logic and reasonincluding words that are charged with emotion

What two parts of this passage contain a biblical allusion beowulf