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pretest: unit 3
question 10 of 24
1 point
read the following passage:
people always tell me how much i look like my mother, and
i take that as a compliment. but in our new home, i was
realizing that her hair was different. it didn't look as
beautiful to me anymore, and i didn't want the kids at
school to think i was strange. i tried to wake up early and
do my hair and then rush out of the house before she
would notice the change.
which best explains how this passage develops the narrator's internal
conflict?
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a. it illustrates the tension between the narrator and her mother
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b. it explores the narrator's struggle to accept her own appearance.
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c. it implies that the kids at school have been teasing the narrator.
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d. it shows that the narrator regrets moving to a place with a
different culture.