Why do you suppose Wiesel mentions the season and sunshine along
with the beatings? In your opinion, what effect is he trying to create?

answer: inference

explanation:

an inference can be understood as a conclusion to which a person is able to get based on reasoning. it is the same as a deduction, a guess, an assumption.   in the sentence presented, the conjunction "but" gives the readers an idea of contrast, and, therefore, allows them to induce that despite the opponent's characteristics, andrea had something different that made her win.

the best sentence that shows the best placement for the modifier "on the ice" is the one which contains it in the end of the sentence or in its beggining followed by a comma, that indicates it works as adverbial, dislocated in the sentence.

the girl promptly slid on her rollers on the ice.

on the ice, the girl promptly slid on her rollers.

i think it is a conjuction because it is definitly not a preposition