Fill in the blank (8).

Directions: In the following passage, there are some blanks, each of which has been numbered.

Tom Sawyer is a __(1)__. After Tom gets in trouble, he is __(2)__ by Aunt Polly, with whom he lives, to __(3)__ their fence. When his friends see him __(4)__ the fence, Tom pretends that he __(5)__ the chore to make his friends jealous. They __(6)__ him to let them help. This is a prime example of the __(7)__ of trouble Tom Sawyer is always getting up to. Part of the novel __(8)__ devoted to Tom's romance with Becky Thatcher, a new girl __(9)__ town. They like __(10)__ other, but Becky is hurt when she finds out __(11)__ Tom liked someone else before her. __(12)__, he takes the __(13)__ for a book she ruined, __(14)__ her like him again. Tom is always getting into trouble, usually with __(15)__ friend, Huckleberry Finn. __(16)__ they sneak __(17)__ to a graveyard at night, where __(18)__ witness Injun Joe murder Dr. Robinson. Tom, Huck, and their friend, Joe Harper, run away for a __(19)__ while, making the town think they are dead. Eventually they come back, though, and Tom __(20)__ against Injun Joe in court.