Question

“Oh, thank you, Benigoi. I shall not forget your kindness, nor you.” With that, Kaguya drifted off toward the magistrate’s residence.

Kaguya did not return the next night, nor the next. Moon face followed moon face, each one the crest of a heavy wave rocking Benigoi in its wake.

Where once it embroidered the most spectacular patterns, the needle of life began to dull and pierce more slowly in the magistrate’s court. The magistrate no longer strolled through the garden with his guests. Rather, the magistrate’s son now meandered through the garden, impressing business clients or suitors.

Every night Benigoi circled, adoring the pulse of the moon’s reflection on the surface of his water. Each day he swam to the cascade of foam and current to stare up in veneration as the waterfall rattled his body. Slowly, weeds overtook the chisen and Benigoi was reduced to eating the bugs that settled on the surface of his water, yet Kaguya did not return. Eventually, he sank deep into the pond’s depths, far away from the waterfall he’d once visited daily.

On a dark, moonless night, Benigoi heard a familiar voice sink down to where he wallowed at the bottom of the pond. The voice caressed him and teased him to the surface of the water, where Kaguya sat waiting on the stone lantern. An almost iridescent glow clung to her body, as though a lantern were radiating its light out across the water.How does paragraph 15 develop the plot?



A. by showing how a conflict was resolved

B. by foreshadowing a conflict that will take place later

C. by showing how Kaguya and Benigoi feel about one another

D. by foreshadowing Kaguya's future generosity toward Benigoi

Answer 1

A. The paragraph shows the conflict (Kaguya’s absence and Benigoi’s despair) being resolved when Kaguya returns, calling him to the surface and sitting with him.