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Read these lines: "Huckleberry was cordially hated and dreaded by all the mothers of the town, because he was idle and lawless and vulgar and bad, and because all their children admired him so, and delighted in his forbidden society, and wished they dared to be like him." According to the quoted lines, the mothers disliked him partly because
Ahe had stolen small goods from several of their homes
Bhe refused to speak to any grown person in the town
Ctheir own children wished that they could be like him
Dhe had frightened the smaller children after nightfall
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. their own children wished that they could be like him
1. Two reasons are given, and both begin with the word because.
2. The first reason is his own conduct, idle and lawless and vulgar and bad.
3. The second reason has nothing to do with him and everything to do with their children, who admired him and wished they dared to be like him.
4. That second reason is option C, and the other three choices name deeds the quoted lines never report.
_Source: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), public domain_
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