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 begins to beg Tom. He leaves to look for his other friends. He takes the brush from Tom. Question 2 Part B Which evidence from the text best supports the answer to Part A? "'Don’t you wish you could?'" “'No—is that so? Oh come, now—lemme just try.'” “Tom went on whitewashing—paid no attention to the steamboat.” “...boys happened along every little while; they came to her, but remained to whitewash.”