Question

“then i wish i wasnt your daughter. i wish you werent my mother,” i shouted. as i said these things i got scared. it felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest, but it also felt good, as if this awful side of me had surfaced, at last. “too late change this,” said my mother shrilly. —“two kinds,” amy tan which details suggest that the narrator is struggling with an internal conflict? check all that apply. ☐ “i shouted.” ☐ “as i said these things i got scared.” ☐ “it felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest.” ☐ “this awful side of me had surfaced, at last.” ☐ “too late change this.”

Explanation:

• "I shouted." shows an external action, not internal conflict.
• "As I said these things I got scared." shows fear (internal emotion) while expressing, indicating conflict.
• "It felt like worms...crawling out" describes a disturbing internal sensation, part of conflict.
• "This awful side...surfaced" shows the struggle of revealing a hidden part (internal).
• "Too late change this." is the mother's statement, not the narrator's internal conflict.

Answer:

B. "As I said these things I got scared."
C. "It felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest."
D. "This awful side of me had surfaced, at last."