Read the paragraph. allisa had been anticipating the chess match all week. she felt highly prepared, and she had been studying new moves and strategies. many people feared her opponent, lex walden, but she had also been studying his game, and she had figured out his main weakness. lex would never know what hit him. what word best completes the sentence? anxiously cautiously studiously eagerly

Buck did not cry out. he did not check himself, but drove in upon spitz, shoulder to shoulder, so hard that he missed the throat. they rolled over and over in the powdery snow. spitz gained his feet almost as though he had not been overthrown, slashing buck down the shoulder and leaping clear. twice his teeth clipped together, like the steel jaws of a trap, as he backed away for better footing, with lean and lifting lips that writhed and snarled. read this passage. explain what the conflict shows about buck and spitz.