He had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get.

　　1. How many characters are mentioned in this story?

　　A. 4

　　B. 5

　　C. 6

　　D. 7

　　2. Why did Tom take all his bits of toys out of his pockets?

　　A. Because he is tired and wanted to play with his toys.

　　B. Because he wanted to throw his toys away.

　　C. Because he wanted to give his toys to his friends.

　　D. Because he wanted to know if he could buy help with his toys.

　　3. Tom was about to agree to let Ben whitewash when he changed his mind because ______.

　　A. Tom wanted to do the whitewashing by himself

　　B. Tom planned to make Ben give up his apple first

　　C. Tom was unwilling to let Ben do the whitewashing

　　D. Tom was afraid Ben would do the whitewashing better.

　　4. We can learn from the passage that ________.

　　A. Tom was interested in whitewashing the fence.

　　B. Tom had a lot of friends who are ready to help others.

　　C. Tom was unwilling to whitewash the fence, but he managed to let other boys do it for him

　　D. Tom was good at whitewashing the fence, so he looked at the result of his work with the eye of an artist.

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