Part A In the excerpt from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, why does Tom stop himself from asking Ben for a bite of his apple even though he is hungry? Tom wants something bigger than the apple from Ben. Tom is too shy to ask Ben for his apple. Tom is too busy with his task to stop and eat an apple. Tom knows that Ben is hungry and should eat his own apple. Question 2 Part B Which evidence from the text best supports the answer to Part A? "'No—is that so? Oh come, now—lemme just try. Only just a little—I'd let you, if you was me, Tom.'" "And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor poverty-stricken boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth. " "That put the thing in a new light. Ben stopped nibbling his apple." "Tom surveyed his last touch with the eye of an artist, then he gave his brush another gentle sweep and surveyed the result, as before. "