"I'll come over," said Turner. And together they waded out and climbed into the dory – it was floating freely now – and Lizzie,
with easy hands, oared the boat around and with a few strokes set its bow and Turner toward Malaga. He had seen the island from the far ledges, standing with his father and Sheriff Elwell and Deacon Hurd and everyone else important in the town. A stony beach, a stony ledge or two, some pines – a few toppled over with their heads in the water, a few tilted, most of them still straight. –Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Gary D. Schmidt Which sentence best describes the effect of geographical setting on the developing conflict? The stony beach and pine trees make Malaga Island an attractive place for vacationers. Malaga Island is separated from Phippsburg by water, so the two groups are not just racially divided, but also physically divided. Malaga Island is so close to Phippsburg that the townspeople go there all the time. Malaga Island is a wild and barren place, covered in rocks and pine trees, which is why Phippsburg wants to make it into a resort.
Answer: b) The author explains how events impacted people's lives and how people adapted to those changes. This gives a more reasonable claim so the author can list more factual evidence.
