Question

Which statement best describes the conflict in the passage? Rand watched fearfully as each camper in front of him effortlessly scaled the rock wall. He had started sweating when Ted, the camp counselor, had said it was rock climbing day, but now that it was almost his turn, the sweat was pouring off him like a waterfall. You can't fall, he chanted to himself, they won't let you fall. But the closer he got to the and his turn, the more his hands began to shake.
A. Rand doesn't want to climb the rock wall because his hands are too sweaty.
B. Rand doesn't want to climb the rock wall because he is afraid.
C. Rand doesn't want to climb the rock wall because he will look silly.
D. Rand doesn't want to climb the rock wall because he is afraid tad will drop him.

Answer 1

The answer is B. Rand doesn't want to climb the rock wall because he is afraid.