Which story premise most clearly lacks conflict? A. A chemistry teacher wants to give a pop quiz, but an unscheduled fire drill disrupts his plans. B. A young girl wants to buy a toy for her little brother but doesn't have enough money. C. A teenager can't decide what he should wear on the first day of school. D. A man and a woman ride the same bus to and from work every day but never speak to each other.

D. A man and a woman ride the same bus to and from work every day but never speak to each other.

Explanation:

There is no clear conflict because there is no struggle. If the man and woman never talk to each other, thats all there is. Because the man and woman never interact, there is no conflict to be made. However, if the man were to one day accidentally drop coffee on the woman or if there was internal conflict like the woman wanted to talk to the man but was unsure, there would be conflict. But because there is no obstacle, there is no conflict.

in a place once known as north america, now known as panem, is a very rich city surrounded by twelve districts. every year because this very rich city, known as the capitol, is so rich and likes to think they control all the districts - which they do - there is something known as the hunger games! this is where two children, one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of twelve to eighteen, have to leave their families and compete in the hunger games, a live event that is aired on tv's all over panem. when katniss everdeen, aged sixteen from district 12, has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve-year-old sister prim after prim's name is called forth to become the 23rd member to compete in the 74th hunger games, she promises to prim that she will win! katniss doesn't believe she's coming out alive - but she's not going down without a fight.

because district 12 is so poor, katniss has been close to death many times from starvation but she's made it through it. but this is a different kind of close to death; this katniss doesn't know if she can survive.

she doesn't want to hurt, or kill anyone but when it comes down to it katniss' instinct is to survive. but when she starts to have confusing feelings about the boy from her district who is also her fellow contender, things get worse, and then she teams up with the girl from district 11 and only one person can survive. but who will it be? will her feelings get the better of her? will she let someone else win so they don't have to die? if katniss is going to win she's going to have to be brutal. she's going to have to kill!