There were other boys too who picked on me, but mitchell was the worst. 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.

what type of conflict does paul experience in this excerpt?
(a) character vs. nature
(b) character vs. character
(c) character vs. self
(d) character vs. society

The type of conflict Paul experiences in the excerpt is the following one:

(B) character vs. character.

Since there is the narration of a character's action which had a direct effect on another character (the whopping on the head by Mitchell, which caused Paul to feel angry), it is a conflict of character vs character.

the answer is: the start of world war i, and russia’s hopes of benefiting from it

during world war i russian joined due to in their current crisis they were being supported by france and the war was already declared to them by germany, they needed to maintain their political goal and leadership role in the balkans, and is the same feeling that this excerpt evoke the eager of maintain the land value.