Tom Sawyer - Chapter 2

This chapter is mostly about how Tom

• Annoys Sid
• Gets out of work
• Makes New Friends
• Learns to Paint

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When did Tom have to whitewash the fence?

• After school
• On Saturday
• On Sunday morning
• Afte dinner

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Tom got Ben to help him whitewash by

• Pretending it was fun
• Paying him
• Doing a bad job
• Beating him

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Tom's great law of human action is that people want something if it is 

• Free
• Valuable
• Hard to get
• New and shiny

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Tom was rolling in wealth at the end of the day because

• Many boys paid him
• Aunt Polly paid him 
• He found some money
• He sold the paint

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Aunt Polly didn't want Jim to help Tom because

• She paid Tom to whitewash 
• Jim would do a bad job
• Tom liked to work alone
• She was punishing Tom

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Tom didn't want the boys to see him whitewash because they would

•  Make fun of him
• Want to help
• Tell their teacher
• Throw mud at the fence

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When Tom wanted a person to believe something, he could be very

• Truthful
• Convincing
• Insistent
• Polite

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This chapter suggests that when faced with an unpleasant job, you should

• Make the best of it
• Try to get out of it
• Do your fair share
• Grin and bear it

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The author would probably agree that people

• Can see through most tricks
• Like to help others
• Like to work hard
• Can be fooled easily

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