4) What is Aunt Polly's conflict in the last section (after Tom scrambled up the high board-fence, and disappeared over it.) ? A) an external conflict with her church over raising Tom by the Bible B) an internal conflict with her conscience over doing what is best for Tom C) a conflict dealing with her advancing age and her ability to physically punish Tom D) a conflict concerning her love for her sister and the demands of raising a young boy

d is correct

The correct answer is option (D) a conflict concerning her love for her sister and the demands of raising a young boy

Explanation:

Aunt Polly's doubts about Tom is clear from the very beginning of the book: The adventures of Tom sawyer. she is angry and concerned by his misbehavior, but at the same time she feels very loving towards him.

In the chapter one of he very first scene concludes with something of a soliloquy by Aunt Polly in which she says:

''He's full of the old scratch, but laws-a-me he's my own dead sister's child, poor thing, and I ain't got the heart to beat him, somehow. every time I let him go, my conscience does bother me, and so each time i hit him my heart breaks.''