The answer is D. Lahiri want's to bring attention to how much cultural tension there is between an Indian transfer student and a typical American school. In this example the conflict isn't between the child and the teacher: but the communication barrier they have over his name.
The Black Death, unemployment, World wars
Answer:
"As long as I live, I woll never by myself leave the path, to run into the wood, when my mother has forbidden me to do so."