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2. When did all gladness of a bright fresh Saturday morning leave Tom?

when he surveyed the fence when the locust trees bloomed

when Ben Rogers hove in sight when Johnny Miller gave him a dead rat

3. Which phrase would correctly substitute ‘brimming with life’, in the given line from the
story?

Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming
with life.

full of wonder and eagerness full of sorrow and misery

full of peace and calmness full of energy and excitement

4. Why was Tom afraid that ‘the free boys would come tripping along’?

because they would not let him whitewash the fence

because they would spoil the whitewashed fence

because they would make fun of him
because they would start whitewashing the fence

5. Which one of these lines tells you that Tom really wanted Ben to whitewash the fence?

At this dark and hopeless moment, an inspiration burst upon him!

‘Well, maybe it is and maybe it ain’t. All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer.’

‘I reckon there ain’t one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it the way
it’s got to be done.’

Tom gave up the brush with reluctance in his face, but alacrity in his heart.

B. Answer these questions.

1. How did Tom feel about whitewashing the fence?

2. Describe how Tom felt before his ‘magnificent inspiration’.

3. How did Tom get Ben to paint the fence?

4. Find an appropriate line from the text to show that Tom is:

clever

naughty

lazy

fun-loving

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