Question

What does the following passage mainly reveal about Tom (paragraph 1)?

He got out his worldly wealth and examined it—bits of toys, marbles, and trash; enough to buy an exchange of WORK, maybe, but not half enough to buy so much as half an hour of pure freedom. So he returned his straitened means to his pocket, and gave up the idea of trying to buy the boys.
Answer choices for the above question

A. He used to have many more treasures until other boys tricked him into giving them up.

B. He is satisfied with the amount of treasures he currently has on him.

C. He knows that he doesn’t have enough to bribe the boys into whitewashing the fence.

D. He would never figure out a way to get out of his work.

Answer 1

C) Tom knows that he doesn’t have enough to bribe the boys into whitewashing the fence.

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