Turner is in conflict with his father because Turner does not want to become a minister. the reverend is always critical of him. Turner does not like to explore on his own. the reverend yells at him from the pulpit.

Turner is in conflict with his father the reverend is always critical of him.

Explanation:

Gary D. Schmidt's historical fiction "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" revolves around the life of Turner and his friendship with a black girl named Lizzie Bright Griffin. Even though his father and all of Phippsburg are still against the intermingling of whites and blacks, Turner is not like them. This story delves deep into the friendship between the two youngsters amidst the racism in their respective societies.

As given in the passage, Turner's late arrival will be taken by his father as a sign that his son is trying everything to embarrass him. Even though he is a reverend and supposed to 'love everyone', he nevertheless believes in racial discrimination even though he might not like to admit. And as such, he doesn't like his son mingling with people from the Malaga islands. Turner's view that "his father would stand on the porch and look at him in a way that said Turner would never be the kind of son he had hoped for—it would be as loud as if he had just announced it from the pulpit" reveals how Turner and his father seems to be at conflict with one another. The reverend seems to be always critical of Turner, and the mindset that he has even before Turner could explain his situation all support it.

the answer is a).