QUESTION: Is "Bill" the same as "him" in this sentence?
After I saw Bill catching flies and pulling off their wings, I boxed his ears. I showed the master the flies, some crushed and some crawling about helpless, and I showed him the wings on the window sill. I never saw him so angry before; but as Bill was still howling and whining, like the coward that he was, he did not give *him* any more punishment of that kind, but set him up on a stool for the rest of the afternoon, and said that he should not go out to play for that week.
ANS: yes
QUESTION: Is "the key" the same as "it" in this sentence?
I was trying to open the lock with the key , but someone had filled the keyhole with chewing gum, and I couldn't get *it* out.
ANS: no
QUESTION: Is "the stars" the same as "They" in this sentence?
The journalists interviewed the stars of the new movie. *They* were very persistent, so the interview lasted for a long time.
ANS: no
QUESTION: Is "Tom" the same as "he" in this sentence?
Tom threw his schoolbag down to Ray after *he* reached the top of the stairs.
ANS:
yes