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Medium Reading and Writing · Standard English Conventions · None · MCQ

The following text is adapted from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain. Tom is trying to convince his friend Joe to help him whitewash a fence. "I reckon they'll be glad to give you a cent, won't they? ". . . "No, they won't; they'll think you've got to do it for nothing, because they can do it themselves. . . . "That's so; that's just the way it is, all right. . . . "Why, Joe, don't you think you'd like to have a nice, bright, new, white, clean fence like this? ". . . "No, sir. . . . "I know what! I'll give you the whole fence and let you whitewash it. All right, I'll take it. . . . "You take the whole fence for a cent, Joe? Why, I think you're the luckiest boy I ever saw. . . . "Well, I guess I'll take it. Thanks. . . . "

Which of the following revisions to the text is most consistent with the conventions of Standard English?

A
No, they won’t; they’ll think you’ve got to do it for nothing, because they can do it themselves. . . . That’s so; that’s just the way it is, all right. . . . Why, Joe, don’t you think you’d like to have a nice, bright, new, white, clean fence like this? . . . No, sir. . . . I know what! I’ll give you the whole fence and let you whitewash it. All right, I’ll take it. . . . You take the whole fence for a cent, Joe? Why, I think you’re the luckiest boy I ever saw. . . . Well, I guess I’ll take it. Thanks. . . .
B
No, they won’t; they’ll think you’ve got to do it for nothing, because they can do it themselves. . . . That’s so; that’s just the way it is, all right. . . . Why, Joe, don’t you think you’d like to have a nice, bright, new, white, clean fence like this? . . . No, sir. . . . I know what! I’ll give you the whole fence, and let you whitewash it. All right, I’ll take it. . . . You take the whole fence for a cent, Joe? Why, I think you’re the luckiest boy I ever saw. . . . Well, I guess I’ll take it. Thanks. . . .
C
No, they won’t; they’ll think you’ve got to do it for nothing, because they can do it themselves. . . . That’s so, that’s just the way it is, all right. . . . Why, Joe, don’t you think you’d like to have a nice, bright, new, white, clean fence like this? . . . No, sir. . . . I know what! I’ll give you the whole fence, and let you whitewash it. All right, I’ll take it. . . . You take the whole fence for a cent, Joe? Why, I think you’re the luckiest boy I ever saw. . . . Well, I guess I’ll take it. Thanks. . . .
D
No, they won’t; they’ll think you’ve got to do it for nothing, because they can do it themselves. . . . That’s so; that’s just the way it is, all right. . . . Why, Joe, don’t you think you’d like to have a nice, bright, new, white, clean fence like this? . . . No, sir. . . . I know what. I’ll give you the whole fence, and let you whitewash it. All right, I’ll take it. . . . You take the whole fence for a cent, Joe? Why, I think you’re the luckiest boy I ever saw. . . . Well, I guess I’ll take it. Thanks. . . .

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