Read the excerpt below from the short story “rules of the game” by amy tan and answer the question that follows.

one day after we left a shop i said under my breath, “i wish you wouldn’t do that, telling everybody i’m your daughter.” my mother stopped walking. crowds of people with heavy bags pushed past us on the sidewalk, bumping into first one shoulder, then another.

“aiii-ya. so shame be with mother? ” she grasped my hand even tighter as she glared at me.

i looked down. “it’s not that, it’s just so obvious. it’s just so embarrassing.”

“embarrass you be my daughter? ” her voice was cracking with anger.

“that’s not what i meant. that’s not what i said.”

“what you say? ”

i knew it was a mistake to say anything more, but i heard my voice speaking, “why do you have to use me to show off? if you want to show off, then why don’t you learn to play chess? ”

my mother’s eyes turned into dangerous black slits. she had no words for me, just sharp silence.

what is the primary conflict occurring in this excerpt?

a. internal: lindo vs. meimei
b. external: meimei vs. meimei
c. internal: meimei vs. meimei
d. external: lindo vs. meimei

Read the passage from animal farm. "that was part of the arrangement! " cried squealer. "jones's shot only grazed him. i could show you this in his own writing, if you were able to read it. the plot was for snowball, at the critical moment, to give the signal for flight and leave the field to the enemy. and he very nearly succeeded—i will even say, comrades, he would have succeeded if it had not been for our heroic leader, comrade napoleon. do you not remember how, just at the moment when jones and his men had got inside the yard, snowball suddenly turned and fled, and many animals followed him? and do you not remember, too, that it was just at that moment, when panic was spreading and all seemed lost, that comrade napoleon sprang forward with a cry of 'death to humanity! ' and sank his teeth in jones's leg? surely you remember that, comrades? " exclaimed squealer, frisking from side to side. now when squealer described the scene so graphically, it seemed to the animals that they did remember it. at any rate, they remembered that at the critical moment of the battle snowball had turned to flee. but boxer was still a little uneasy. how does the characterization of squealer support the author’s purpose? squealer's dramatic accusations draw parallels between him and stalin’s propagandists. squealer's uncertainty shows that he is not a reliable ally of napoleon and is ineffective with messaging. squealer's ability to get the animals to listen to him shows that any animal can rise to be a leader in time. squealer's humble interactions with the animals reflect the importance of equality and cooperation.

Used for an event that has been completed before the present moment in time. simple past past perfect perfect progressive past perfect progressive

You evaluated the effectiveness of tan's structure in supporting her purpose.