Question

read the passage from amy tan’s “rules of the game.”
one day, after we left a shop i said under my breath, “i wish you wouldn’t do that, telling everybody i’m 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.
“aiii-ya. so shame be with mother?” she grasped my hand even tighter as she glared at me.
i looked down. “it’s not that, it’s just so obvious. it’s just so embarrassing.”
“embarrass you be my daughter?” her voice was cracking with anger.
“that’s not what i meant. that’s not what i said.”
“what you say?”
i knew it was a mistake to say anything more, but i...
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:

• Analyze each option:
• First option: The conflict here is between mother and daughter, not internal to mother. Eliminate.
• Second option: The daughter's conflict (if any) isn't about being a grand master here. Eliminate.
• Third option: Mother shows off daughter (telling everyone she's hers), daughter feels used/embarrassed. This is an external conflict (between two people) matching the passage.
• Fourth option: No conflict with the neighborhood; it's mother - daughter. Eliminate.

Answer:

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