Dr. Kiana Taylor was exhausted. Her research trip to the desert of
Namibia had been 18 days of extreme heat, bone-dry winds, and not a
single sign of the rare desert beetle she had come to study. On the last
afternoon, frustrated with the lack of progress, she kicked over a stone,
sending it scurrying down a sand dune. In its place she saw
movement: a pile of insects, like some kind of millipede. She looked
closer. This didn't look like anything she had seen before. This was
something completely new. "Team, come take a look at this!" Dr. Taylor
called out.
Which statement best describes how a character's response to conflict
develops the plot?
A. Dr. Taylor's choice to kick the stone leads her to find what she was
looking for.
B. Dr. Taylor's annoyance with her team leads the trip to end in
failure.
C. Dr. Taylor's frustration leads her to discover a new species
accidentally.
D. Dr. Taylor's lack of knowledge leads her to mistake one species for
another.
