Question

Which language from "The Prince and the Pauper" BEST illustrates the neighbor's reaction to the

changes in Tom's character?
A
...they jeered him and scoffed him so unmercifully that he was glad to keep his
dream to himself after that.
B
His speech and manners became curiously ceremonious and courtly...
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Full-grown people brought their perplexities to Tom for solution...
D
... wherefore they gave him a brisk cuffing at once and sent him to bed.

Answer 1

A. ..they jeered him and scoffed him so unmercifully that he was glad to keep his dream to himself after that.

Step-by-step explanation:

We read in the book "The Prince and The Pauper" that at a point Tom's character changed when he started to picture himself as living a charmed life of a petted prince in a majestic palace, which led to his desire to see a real prince, with his own eyes. He further told his neighbors-the Official Court comrades his wishes, but they jeered him and scoffed him so unmercifully that he was glad to keep his dream to himself after that.