Question

in \ambush,\ which line signals the beginning of the narrative within the frame story?

• when she was nine, my daughter kathleen asked if i had ever killed anyone.
• \you keep writing these war stories,\ she said, \so i guess you mustve killed somebody.\
• it was a difficult moment, but i did what seemed right, which was to say, \of course not,\ and then to take her onto my lap and hold her for a while.
• he was a short, slender young man of about twenty.

Explanation:

The frame story of Ambush centers on the narrator's adult conversation with his daughter about his war experiences. The internal narrative (the war memory) begins when the narrator shifts focus to the young Vietnamese soldier he encountered. The first three options are part of the outer frame conversation with his daughter, while the fourth line introduces the subject of the war memory, signaling the start of the embedded narrative.

Answer:

D. He was a short, slender young man of about twenty.