Read the excerpt from The Land.
I recall one time in particular when I was about nine or so and I was reading beside a creek on my daddy's land, and Mitchell came up from behind me and just whopped me on the head. For no reason. Just whopped me on the head! Course I jumped up mad. "What ya do that for?" I cried.
Paul asks Mitchell, “What ya do that for?” because he wants to know his
A. conflict.
B. context.
C. influence.
D. motivation.