Question+1

= Question #1  =

Which line best describes the story’s **conflict**?

A) “The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse. Then it was that Rainsford knew the full meaning of terror.” B) “The muck sucked viciously at his foot as if it were a giant leech. He knew where he was now. Death Swamp and its quicksand.” C) “’You’ve done well, Rainsford,’ the voice of the general called. ‘ Your Burmese tiger pit has claimed one of my best dogs.’” D) “Rainsford heard a sound. It came out of the darkness, a high screaming sound, the sound of an animal in an extremity of anguish and terror.”