PLZ HELP 80 PTS!!!! [Tom Sawyer] took up his brush and went tranquilly to work. Ben Rogers hove in sight presently—the very boy, of all boys, whose ridicule he had been dreading. . . . "Hello, old chap, you got to work, hey?" . . . Tom contemplated the boy a bit, and said: "What do you call work?" "Why, ain't ,begin italics,that,end italics, work?" Tom resumed his whitewashing, and answered carelessly: "Well, maybe it is, and maybe it ain't. All I know, is, it suits Tom Sawyer." "Oh come, now, you don't mean to let on that you ,begin italics,like,end italics, it?" The brush continued to move. "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. . . . "Say, Tom, let ,begin italics,me,end italics, whitewash a little." Tom considered, was about to consent; but he altered his mind: "No—no—I reckon it wouldn't hardly do, Ben." . . . "Oh, shucks, I'll be just as careful. Now lemme try. Say—I'll give you the core of my apple." "Well, here—No, Ben, now don't. I'm afeard—" "I'll give you ,begin italics,all,end italics, of it!" Tom gave up the brush with reluctance in his face, but [willingness] in his heart. (from ,begin underline,The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,end underline, by Mark Twain) Question Which statement ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, describes the struggle in this passage?
Answer Options with 4 options
1. Tom Sawyer does not want Ben Rogers to whitewash the fence.
2. Tom Sawyer does not want to whitewash the fence for Aunt Polly.
3. Ben Rogers does not want to help Tom Sawyer whitewash the fence.
4. Aunt Polly does not want anyone but Tom Sawyer to whitewash the fence.

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2. Is the obvious answer as the passage says "Tom gave up the brush with reluctance in his face, but [willingness] in his heart"; this meaning that he really didn't want to whitewash the fence but he had to make it look like he did so he could get Ben to do all the work for him. I hope this helps!!

The best description for the struggle in the passage is that Tom Sawyer does not want to whitewash the fence for Aunt Polly.

What does whitewash mean?

In this context, whitewash means to paint a building, a wall or room with whitewash.

From the passage, the excerpt "Tom gave up the brush with reluctance in his face, but [willingness] in his heart" means that Tom did not really want to whitewash the fence but to make it look like he did want to wash it.

His reason being that he wants Ben to do the work for him.

The correct answer is option B.

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