Read this excerpt from "The All-American Slurp."

Mrs. Gleason bent down and whispered to us, “This is a buffet dinner. You help yourselves to some food and eat it in the living room.”

Our family beat a retreat back to the sofa as if chased by enemy soldiers. For the rest of the evening, too mortified to go back to the dining table, I nursed a bit of potato salad on my plate.

What part of the plot is revealed in this excerpt?

an introduction of new characters
a conflict between the Lins and the unfamiliar culture
a conflict between the narrator and her family
a resolution in which the narrator becomes more comfortable

The correct answer is a conflict between the Lins and the unfamiliar culture.

The part of the plot revealed in this excerpt is a conflict between the Lins and the unfamiliar culture.

Based on the given excerpt, the part of the plot that is revealed is a conflict between the Lins and the unfamiliar culture. The excerpt describes how Mrs. Gleason instructs the Lin family to help themselves to food at a buffet dinner and eat it in the living room. The Lin family's reaction, retreating to the sofa as if chased by enemy soldiers, suggests that they are uncomfortable and faced with a cultural difference.