The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

PART B: Which of the following quote best supports the answer to Part A?

A. “It swore every boy to stick to the band, and never tell any of the secrets; and if
anybody done anything to any boy in the band, whichever boy was ordered to
kill that person and his family must do it” (Paragraph 4)
B. “Everybody said it was a real beautiful oath, and asked Tom if he got it out of his
own head. He said, some of it, but the rest was out of pirate-books and robberbooks” (Paragraph 5)
C. “‘Yes, he's got a father, but you can't never find him these days. He used to lay
drunk with the hogs in the tanyard, but he hain't been seen in these parts for a
year or more.’” (Paragraph 9)
D. “Ben Rogers said he couldn't get out much, only Sundays, and so he wanted to
begin next Sunday; but all the boys said it would be wicked to do it on Sunday,
and that settled the thing.” (Paragraph 34)

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B. “Everybody said it was a real beautiful oath, and asked Tom if he got it out of his own head. He said, some of it, but the rest was out of pirate-books and robberbooks” (Paragraph 5)