Question

Read the passage. There’s little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head That curl’d like a lambs back, was shav’d, so I said. Hush Tom never mind it, for when your head’s bare, You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair. In “The Chimney Sweeper” by William Blake, why does the speaker say Tom’s hair is better off shaved? because his hair will grow back longer because soot will no longer get in it because he will no longer have to comb it

Answer 1

because soot would no longer it in his hair

Answer 2

Answer: B) because soot will no longer get in it.

Step-by-step explanation: In the given passage we can see the description of how little Tom's head was shaved, he didn't like it at all ("who cried when his head That curl’d like a lambs back, was shav’d"), but the speaker explains that it is necessary to shave his head, because if they don't, soot would continue to spoil his hair, so the correct answer is option B: Tom's hair is better off shaved because soot will no longer get in it.