For this item, I will go with the first option, "What is the authors purpose in writing this piece?". This is important to ask in first read of a multi-draft reading process because if we desire to know something about the subject, it is important to note how the reading material would be of help to us and we know that by the purpose of the author.
3. to suggest
4. to pursue
The correct answer among the choices is the third option. The conflict that was presented in the story is man vs. society. There was a conflict between the African traditional lifestyle and the way the colonizers view them. It was also emphasized in the story that there was a need to merge the two cultures.