Question

3) What is the conflict of this story? A) David wants to celebrate his success but does not want to hurt Jonathan's feelings. B) David wants to make the baseball team, but he performs poorly in front of the coach. C) David does well at baseball tryouts, but his father is unhappy with his performance. D) David thinks he performed well at tryouts but learns that he did not make the team.

Answer 1

A) David wants to celebrate his success but does not want to hurt Jonathan’s feelings

Explanations

It is said that David feels awkward of what to say when he sees Jonathan’s reaction to not making the team. He even feels bad afterward knowing the fact that if the roles were reversed he would not have been able to handle the newsb as well as Jonathan did. That’s why the answer is A, it is very clearly shown that he does not want to celebrate because he feels bad.