Read the excerpt from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.



Tom contemplated the boy a bit and said:



“What do you call work?”



“Why, ain’t that 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.”



How does Tom's insistence that he enjoys whitewashing the fence move the plot forward?

A. It causes Ben to want to do the whitewashing

B. It leads to Ben leaving Tom to find his other friend's

C. It leads to Ben criticizing Tom about his work

D. It causes Ben to leave and go swimming.



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