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2. Is the obvious answer as the passage says "Tom gave up the brush with reluctance in his face, but [willingness] in his heart"; this meaning that he really didn't want to whitewash the fence but he had to make it look like he did so he could get Ben to do all the work for him. I hope this helps!!
The best description for the struggle in the passage is that Tom Sawyer does not want to whitewash the fence for Aunt Polly.
What does whitewash mean?
In this context, whitewash means to paint a building, a wall or room with whitewash.
From the passage, the excerpt "Tom gave up the brush with reluctance in his face, but [willingness] in his heart" means that Tom did not really want to whitewash the fence but to make it look like he did want to wash it.
His reason being that he wants Ben to do the work for him.
The correct answer is option B.
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