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The motel room was small, but at least she got her own bed. Rebecca looked around at the faded floral bedspread and the equally faded blue shag carpet. This room was making Rebecca even more devastated than she already felt. When she’d first heard about their relocation, she’d felt excited. Here was an opportunity to travel, to meet new people, to lead an exciting life. However, as soon as she realized she was moving from one suburban town to another, her dreams of adventure deflated.
She’d begged her parents to consider a city, somewhere with a public transit system that ran past 9 p.m. She even pitched the idea of living on a farm, imagining herself wearing a wide-brimmed hat and picking vegetables in the fields. Unfortunately, her mom’s job was taking them to another land filled with wide sidewalks, supermarkets on every corner, and inevitably another school where she wouldn’t belong.
Rebecca perched at the window, letting the neon light spill inside. She looked over at her sister, who was sleeping soundly, unaffected by the lack of excitement in their shared life. She’s too young to understand, Rebecca thought to herself. She opened her phone and scrolled past the social media apps that were blowing up with phrases like “I’ll miss you” and “Keep in touch.” She began to scroll through her pictures of city skylines and crowds of bustling people.
The sparsely decorated room she sat in was a gross contrast to the life she wanted to lead. She could already picture what her first day of school would be like. She’d be forced to teach everyone to pronounce her name, answer questions about where she moved from, and figure out where she should sit at lunch. It already felt draining and she hadn’t even arrived.
She picked at a piece of fraying thread from the curtains. She could tell that in its heyday the pattern had been bright, but by now it had seen better days. Maybe it had expected to lead a more exciting life, as well—to be the curtains on a cruise ship or in a fancy hotel on the seventy-sixth floor. Rebecca closed her eyes and imagined a world where she could stay in a hotel that tall. One day . . . she thought.
Questions
What is the major conflict in the passage?
Rebecca is struggling with their upcoming family move because she’s going to miss their cozy town.
Rebecca is sad because knows she will miss all of her teachers and friends.
Rebecca is anxious about starting school and meeting friends in their new town.
Rebecca is disappointed when she learns their new town is very similar to where they currently live.
She’d begged her parents to consider a city, somewhere with a public transit system that ran past 9 p.m. She even pitched the idea of living on a farm, imagining herself wearing a wide-brimmed hat and picking vegetables in the fields. Unfortunately, her mom’s job was taking them to another land filled with wide sidewalks, supermarkets on every corner, and inevitably another school where she wouldn’t belong.
Rebecca perched at the window, letting the neon light spill inside. She looked over at her sister, who was sleeping soundly, unaffected by the lack of excitement in their shared life. She’s too young to understand, Rebecca thought to herself. She opened her phone and scrolled past the social media apps that were blowing up with phrases like “I’ll miss you” and “Keep in touch.” She began to scroll through her pictures of city skylines and crowds of bustling people.
The sparsely decorated room she sat in was a gross contrast to the life she wanted to lead. She could already picture what her first day of school would be like. She’d be forced to teach everyone to pronounce her name, answer questions about where she moved from, and figure out where she should sit at lunch. It already felt draining and she hadn’t even arrived.
She picked at a piece of fraying thread from the curtains. She could tell that in its heyday the pattern had been bright, but by now it had seen better days. Maybe it had expected to lead a more exciting life, as well—to be the curtains on a cruise ship or in a fancy hotel on the seventy-sixth floor. Rebecca closed her eyes and imagined a world where she could stay in a hotel that tall. One day . . . she thought.
Questions
What is the major conflict in the passage?
Rebecca is struggling with their upcoming family move because she’s going to miss their cozy town.
Rebecca is sad because knows she will miss all of her teachers and friends.
Rebecca is anxious about starting school and meeting friends in their new town.
Rebecca is disappointed when she learns their new town is very similar to where they currently live.
Answers
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The major conflict in the passage is:
**Rebecca is disappointed when she learns their new town is very similar to where they currently live.**
This encapsulates her feelings of disillusionment and unfulfilled expectations about the move, which was supposed to represent adventure and excitement but turned out to be more of the same suburban experience.
**Rebecca is disappointed when she learns their new town is very similar to where they currently live.**
This encapsulates her feelings of disillusionment and unfulfilled expectations about the move, which was supposed to represent adventure and excitement but turned out to be more of the same suburban experience.