Select the correct text in the passage. Which line reflects Tom's true attitude about whitewashing?

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1. Tom’s “great, magnificent inspiration” in paragraph 1 is important to developing the plot of the story. What is Tom’s inspiration?

He develops a plan for tricking the other boys into doing most of his work.

2. In “Whitewashing the Fence,” the author writes Tom and Ben’s dialogue using dialect, a special variety of language that includes misspelling and informal words, to

help establish the rural nature of the setting.

3. In paragraph 1, the author uses phrases like “free boys,” “delicious expeditions,” and “pure freedom” to suggest that

Tom highly values time spent having fun.

4. How do paragraphs 2 through 6, in which Ben pretends to be a steamboat, contribute to the development of the passage?

They characterize Ben as someone who likes to show off.

5. What event in the passage results from the answer to Question #4?

Tom tricks Ben into choosing to whitewash the fence instead of playing

6. Which two statements best express the reasons for Tom’s success in getting the other boys to do his work for him?

Tom is popular with others and a natural leader.

Tom understands how to make people feel envious.

7. Which excerpt from the passage provides the best evidence for the answers to Question #6?

“Like it? Well, I don’t see why I oughtn’t to like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?” That put the thing in a new light.

8.which paragraph shows Tom convincing Ben the whitewashing is a rewarding experience?

16

9. To convince Ben that Ben should want to whitewash the fence, Tom shows Ben that whitewashing requires special skill. In which paragraph does Tom convey the idea that whitewashing requires special skill.

19

hich statement best expresses the main theme of “Whitewashing the Fence”?

People often value things that seem hard to get.

This question is connected to question #10.

Which lines from the passage does the author provide to best illustrate this theme?

He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it—namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.

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