Question

Which paragraph in Selection 1 most clearly establishes the conflict, or problem, in the story?
A. Paragraph 2; the conflict concerns the mystery of who is making the shoes.
B. Paragraph 3; the conflict concerns the reactions of the shoemaker’s customers.
C. Paragraph 7; the conflict concerns the quarrel between the shoemaker and the elves.
D. Paragraph 9; the conflict concerns the question of when the shoemaker’s luck will change.

Answer 1

A. Paragraph 2 — it introduces the puzzling discovery of finished shoes overnight, setting up the central problem: who is making them.