Question

read the passage from \two kinds.\ in spite of these warning signs, i wasnt worried. our family had no piano and we couldnt afford to buy one, let alone reams of sheet music and piano lessons. so i could be generous in my comments when my mother bad - mouthed the little girl on tv. \play note right, but doesnt sound good! no singing sound,\ complained my mother. \what are you picking on her for?\ i said carelessly. \shes pretty good. maybe shes not the best, but shes trying hard.\ i knew almost immediately i would be sorry i said that. \just like you,\ she said.
ot the best. because you not trying.\ she gave a little huff as she let go of the sound dial and sat down on the sofa. the little chinese girl sat down also to play an encore of... what conflict occurs in the passage?

• an internal conflict within the mother, who wishes she could buy more things for her family
• an internal conflict within the narrator, who wants to perform better than the little girl on the talent show
• an external conflict between the narrator and her mother over whether the girl on television is playing well
• an external conflict between the narrator, who wants to play piano, and her mother, who cannot afford to buy one

Explanation:

The passage shows a disagreement between the narrator and her mother about the TV girl's piano playing. The mother criticizes, the narrator defends. This is an external conflict (between two people) over the girl's performance. Other options: 1st is about mother's internal want (not in passage), 2nd is narrator's internal (no, she defends, not about her own performance), 4th is about piano affordability (passage's conflict is about the TV girl, not piano buying).

Answer:

an external conflict between the narrator and her mother over whether the girl on television is playing well