In the excerpt from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, why does Tom stop himself from asking Ben for a bite of his apple even though he is hungry? Tom is too shy to ask Ben for his apple. Tom knows that Ben is hungry and should eat his own apple. Tom wants something bigger than the apple from Ben. Tom is too busy with his task to stop and eat an apple. 2 Which evidence from the text best supports the answer to ? “That put the thing in a new light. Ben stopped nibbling his apple.” “‘No—is that so? Oh come, now—lemme just try. Only just a little—I’d let you, if you was me, Tom.'” “And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor poverty-stricken boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth. ” “Tom surveyed his last touch with the eye of an artist, then he gave his brush another gentle sweep and surveyed the result, as before. ”