A conflict in a person...change he/her for more precaution with who she deals with.
Answer:
hesitated
Explanation:
Because people needed proof that it was safe before trusting it
Answer: To make the reader anticipate a future event
Explanation: took the quiz
..."but she was still woozy from the opiate her captors used to drug her."
"She didn't dally because the guards would be searching for her in a matter of minutes."
"Alex gorged herself on a bag lunch that one of the guards had left unattended near her cell."
"Seconds later, she began looking for the antiquated truck that the guards had used to transport her to the compound."
"...but she had to make it out of the jungle before she could expose the kingpin's felonious operation to the public."