Question

Which statement best describes when the narrator and his brother drop the soap cake into the tub of fish in "The Strangers That Came to Town"?
A. It is part of the story's rising action.

B. It is part of the story's falling action.

C. It is the story's climax.

D. It is part of the story's exposition.

Answer 1

I willl successfully say that the answer is c. it is the story's climax

hopes it helps

Answer 2

The moment when the brothers drop the soap cake into the tup of fish is the story's climax (C).

Before the incident, the brothers, like everyone else in town, did not like their neighbors. However, after the boys were forced to catch the fish for the family,  they realized the true nature of the family. Their neighbors had a lot to give and were very polite. Once the brothers and their family accepted the neighbors everybody else did too. Their neigbors were so happy and blossomed after they became accepted.