Question

1. read the passage. from “an episode of war” by stephen crane the lieutenant was frowning and serious at this task of division. his lips pursed as he drew with his sword various crevices in the heap, until brown squares of coffee, astoundingly equal in size, appeared on the blanket. he was on the verge of a great triumph in mathematics, and the corporals were thronging forward, each to reap a little square, when suddenly the lieutenant cried out and looked quickly at a man near him as if he suspected it was a case of personal assault. which clause shows that the story’s events are changing? the corporals were thronging forward the lieutenant was frowning and serious his lips pursed suddenly the lieutenant cried out

Explanation:

The first part of the passage describes the lieutenant focused on a calm, mathematical division task. The clause "suddenly the lieutenant cried out" shifts the scene abruptly, moving from a quiet, routine action to a sudden, reactive event that signals a change in the story's events. The other options describe ongoing, static actions or states related to the initial task, not a shift in events.

Answer:

D. suddenly the lieutenant cried out