Question

Which conflicts are revealed in the passage TWO KINDS? Select two options.

an internal conflict within the narrator, who is frightened by the extremity of her anger at her mother
an external conflict between the narrator, who is demanding independence, and her mother, who is demanding obedience
an external conflict between the narrator and her mother over whether or not the narrator will continue to live at home
an internal conflict within the narrator’s mother, who cannot decide whether to throw her daughter out of the family home
an external conflict between the narrator, who wants to be the kind of daughter her mother wants, and her mother, who thinks that’s impossible

Answer 1

Answers: 1 and 2.

- (1) The narrator struggles internally with intense anger (and fear of that anger) toward her mother.
- (2) The central external conflict is the narrator’s push for independence versus her mother’s demand for obedience and achievement.