Answer: The answer i believe is A. Tom is characterized as unhappy by his interactions with Sid. I have read The adventures of Tom Sawyer. Sid is Toms half brother and he enjoys getting Tom into trouble and tattling on him that is where i get the answer A. I hope this helps!!
Explanation: 12) D) Tom is characterized as clever though both internal monologue and dialogue.
Throughout the passage, Tom is trying to get out of going to school. It starts off with Tom's thinking about what he can do or what ailment he can fake so that he can stay home. He considers how his body feels before deciding on one to cleverly fake. Then, he acts upon this clever idea through his dialogue with Sid.
13) B) Tom shakes Sid in order to wake him up, so Sid can call for Aunt Polly.
Tom first tries a variety of groans to wake Sid up so he can get Aunt Polly. However, Sid is snoring so loud he doesn't wake up. Tom has to shake Sid in order to wake him. Tom then proceeds to groan more to really play up the injury and get Sid concerned about Tom's condition.
14) C) clever inventive ingenuity
Throughout the excerpt Tom is being clever and coming up with solutions to prevent him from going to school. While is behavior could also be considered deceptive and manipulative, that is not necessarily a trait that Americans would consider a classic trait of theirs.
