Question

read the passage from \initiation.\
\get up, gopher,\ bev ordered.
there was something about her tone that annoyed millicent. it was almost malicious. and there was an unpleasant anonymity about the label \gopher,\ even if that was what they always called the girls being initiated. it was degrading, like being given a number. it was a denial of individuality.
rebellion flooded through her.
\i said get up. are you deaf?\
millicent got up, standing there.
\into the house, gopher. theres a bed to be made and a room to be cleaned at the top of the stairs.\
this is an example of external conflict because it features character vs. dropdown

Explanation:

In the passage, Bev (a character) is giving orders and using a demeaning label ("gopher") towards Millicent, and Millicent feels annoyed and rebellious. This shows a conflict between two characters (Millicent and Bev), so the external conflict is character vs. character.

Answer:

character (or another character, specifically Bev in this case, but the general category is character)