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Mollie! Look me in the face. Do you give me your word of honour that that man was not stroking your nose?”

“It isn't true!” repeated Mollie, but she could not look Clover in the face, and the next moment she took to her heels and galloped away into the field.

A thought struck Clover. Without saying anything to the others, she went to Mollie's stall and turned over the straw with her hoof. Hidden under the straw was a little pile of lump sugar and several bunches of ribbon of different colours.

–Animal Farm,
George Orwell

Which statement best summarizes Mollie’s external conflict?

She does not want to share her sugar and ribbons with Clover.
She is frustrated that Clover refuses to see that she is telling the truth.
She wants to enjoy certain luxuries that animalism does not allow.
She prefers to spend time with humans instead of the other animals.

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She wants to enjoy certain luxuries that animalism does not allow.

Explanation: Mollie is secretly hoarding sugar and ribbons (human luxuries), denies wrongdoing, and avoids confrontation — showing a conflict between her desire for comforts and the principles of Animalism.