Question

"Hang the boy, can’t I never learn anything? Ain’t he played me tricks enough like that for me to be looking out for him by this time? But old fools is the biggest fools there is. Can’t learn an old dog new tricks, as the saying is. But my goodness, he never plays them alike, two days, and how is a body to know what's coming? He ’pears to know just how long he can torment me before I get my dander up, and he knows if he can make out to put me off for a minute or make me laugh, it’s all down again and I can't hit him a lick.”
Based on the passage, what are the best ways to describe Tom Sawyer’s character? Check all that apply.
amusing


cunning


mischievous


naive


stupid


vicious

Answer 1

The best ways to describe Tom Sawyer´s character are that he is amusing, cunning and mischievous.

Amusing because he sometimes does funny things (“make me laugh”).

Cunning because he always comes up with something unexpected (“never plays them alike”) and he knows how far he can go (“He ´pears to know how long…”).

Mischievous because Tom always gets him annoyed ("...I get my dander up").

Answer 2

Answer:

A, B, C

Explanation: