Question

the human experience
one day after we left a shop i said under my breath, \i wish you wouldnt do that, telling everybody im your daughter.\ my mother slapped walking. crowds of people with heavy bags pushed past us on the sidewalk, bumping into first one shoulder, then another.
\aiii-ya. so shame be with mother?\ she grasped my hand even tighter as she glared at me.
i looked down. \its not that, its just so obvious. its just so embarrassing.\
\embarrass you be my daughter?\ her voice was cracking with anger.
\thats not what i meant. thats not what i said.\
\what you say?\
i knew it was a mistake to say anything more, but i heard my voice speaking, \why do you have to use me to show off? if you want to show off, then why dont you learn to play chess?\
my mothers eyes turned into dangerous black slits. she had no words for me, just sharp silence.
i felt the wind rushing around my hot ears. i jerked my hand out of my mothers tight grasp and spun around, knocking into an old woman. her bag of groceries spilled to the ground.
\aii-ya! stupid girl!\ my mother and the woman cried. oranges and tin cans careened down the sidewalk. as my mother stooped to help the old woman pick up the escaping food, i took off.

what conflict occurs in the passage?

• an internal conflict within the mother, who wants her daughter to grow up but does not want to let her go
• an external conflict between the mother and the neighborhood over the social pressure on the mother to be successful
• an external conflict between the mother, who wants to show off her famous daughter, and the daughter, who feels used
• an internal conflict within the daughter, who wants to be a grand master but does not want anyone to know about it

Explanation:

The passage shows a conflict between mother and daughter. The mother wants the daughter to be successful (e.g., "Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to play chess?") and the daughter feels embarrassed by the mother's actions, indicating an internal conflict within the mother - daughter relationship where the mother has expectations for the daughter's success (maybe to show off) and the daughter is uncomfortable with it. The first option about internal conflict with the mother wanting the daughter to grow up (in a successful way) and the daughter wanting to let her go (emotionally or from the pressure) fits. The other options: the second option's "neighborhood" and "social pressure" aren't shown; the third option's "show off her famous daughter" is not about the daughter being famous but the mother wanting her to achieve to show off; the fourth option's "grand master" and not wanting anyone to know is not in the passage.

Answer:

an internal conflict within the mother, who wants her daughter to grow up but does not want to let her go