Question

read the passage from amy tans
ules of the game.\
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 stopped walking. crowds of people with heavy bags pushed past us on the sidewalk, bumping into first one shoulder, then another.
\aii-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?\
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 internal conflict within the daughter, who wants to be a grand master but does not want anyone to know about it
○ an external conflict between the mother, who wants to show off her famous daughter, and the daughter, who feels used
● an external conflict between the mother and the neighborhood over the social pressure on the mother to be successful

Explanation:

To determine the conflict, we analyze the passage: The mother and daughter have a disagreement. The daughter's comment about not wanting to be identified as the mother's daughter (and the mother's angry reaction) shows a conflict between them (external, as it's between two people). The option about the mother wanting to show off her daughter and the daughter feeling used aligns with their interaction (mother’s reaction to the daughter’s embarrassment - inducing comment, and the daughter’s miscommunication). Other options: Internal conflict is within a character, but this is between mother and daughter (external). The “grand master” and “neighborhood success” options don’t match the passage’s content.

Answer:

an external conflict between the mother, who wants to show off her famous daughter, and the daughter, who feels used