1.1.5 Quiz: Plot Yolanda had studied hard for the spelling bee. She wanted so badly to
win. Each night, her mother would quiz her on difficult words, and each
morning before breakfast she would review her flash cards,
At the bee, Yolanda was nervous, and she worried that she hadn't
studied enough. The word she received was "lugubrious." She
remembered having reviewed it, but she couldn't remember how to
spell it right. She guessed, missed, and got second place in the bee. As
she cried and told her mother that it had all been a waste, her mother
said that she had learned a lot, and that's what was important. Yolanda
decided to enter the spelling bee the next year.
Which statement best describes how a character's response to conflict
develops the plot?
A. Yolanda's mother's decision to help her daughter study causes her
to finish in the top three at the spelling bee.
O B. Yolanda's annoyance at her mother's high expectations leads her
to give up spelling and enter a math competition instead.
O C. Yolanda's choice to give up studying after she gets frustrated
makes her perform badly at the spelling bee.
O D. Yolanda's mother's comforting statement helps Yolanda decide to
try for next year's spelling bee