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.”