Zhang always wanted to get into the elite music school, Julliard. From the age of three, she practiced the piano four hours a day, and she
quickly surpassed every pianist her age that she knew. However, her
application to Julliard was rejected. She cried and cried for hours.
Which statement best describes how the conflict helps make the story
engaging?
A. Suspense is created because the reader wonders whether Zhang
will live or die.
O B. The feeling of overwhelming loss leads the reader to wonder how
Zhang will cope with her failure.
C. Tension is created because Zhang must contend with rival
pianists throughout her life.
D. Suspense is created because Zhang's second application to
Julliard is inevitable.

Read the excerpt from ernest hemingway’s “soldier's home.” his father was in the real estate business and always wanted the car to be at his command when he required it to take clients out into the country to show them a piece of farm property. the car always stood outside the first national bank building where his father had an office on the second floor. now, after the war, it was still the same car. nothing was changed in the town except that the young girls had grown up. how does hemingway’s description of the town as unchanged impact the readers’ perception of krebs? it emphasizes that while the town has remained the same, krebs has changed. it illustrates that krebs despises the town he grew up in because it is boring. it demonstrates that krebs views himself as similar to the other soldiers from his town. it reveals that krebs is jealous of those who were able to stay in town and avoid the war.