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Christine Sullivan

31 July, 18:10

Excerpt from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Chapter 1)

Mark Twain

"Nothing! Look at your hands. And look at your mouth. What IS that truck?"

"I don't know, aunt."

"Well, I know. It's jam-that's what it is. Forty times I've said if you didn't let that jam alone I'd skin you. Hand me that switch."

The switch hovered in the air-the peril was desperate--

"My! Look behind you, aunt!"

Based on how the word jam is used in the passage, which term is a related word?

A) box

B) difficulty

C) favor

D) jelly