Question

Read the passage from "The Strangers That Came to Town" carefully. “Here they come, Mother,” yelled Tom when a truck drove up in the rain and stopped at the empty cottage across the street. Mother hurried in from the kitchen, and we three looked out. That truck, we knew, contained the Duvitch family and all their earthly possessions. All afternoon Mother, Tom, and I had been watching for them with mixed emotions. For the Duvitches had just come over from Europe, and they were the first of the nationality to settle in our town. A stream of children, accompanied by a big brown dog, poured out of the back of the truck and stood in a huddle in the rain. How does this scene develop the plot of the story? This scene introduces the reader to the central conflict of the story. This scene resolves the central conflict and brings the story towards resolution. This scene creates tension and builds towards the story's climax. This scene introduces the reader to the narrator and to the Duvitches.

Answer 1

Answer:

This scene develops plot of the story because:-

Option D: This scene introduces the reader to the narrator and to the Duvitches.

Explanation:

"The Strangers That Came To Town" by "Ambrose Flack" is a story of the Duvitch family.

People of Syringa Street do not treat Duvitches nicely. They consider them as untouchables and avoid them. The whole town looks down upon them and have a prejudice about them.Towards the end of the story, residents start accepting Duvitches as regular residents and understand their truth. They welcome them with respect.

In the given lines, Duvitches are introduced in the story as they came in the truck and how people looked at them strangely with mixed emotions. So, statement D is the most apt.