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Question 3 • Initial Credit- Common Core English 11 1.0
Read the excerpt from The Namesake.Ashoke hands over the lunch box, a windbreaker in case it gets cold. He thanks Mrs. Lapidus. “Be good, Nikhil,” he says in English. And then after a moment’s hesitation, he is gone.When they are alone, Mrs. Lapidus asks, “Are you happy to be entering elementary school, Gogol?”“My parents want me to have another name in school.”“And what about you, Gogol? Do you want to be called by another name?”After a pause, he shakes his head.“Is that a no?”He nods. “Yes.”“Then it’s settled. Can you write your name on this piece of paper?”Which best describes the conflict revealed by the conversation in this excerpt?
Answer
A
an external conflict between the cultural expectations of Gogol’s father and the cultural expectations of Gogol’s new country
B
an internal conflict between Gogol’s desire to keep his old name and his desire to respect his father’s wishes
C
an external conflict between Mrs. Lapidus’s educational expectations and the educational experiences Gogol had in India
D
an internal conflict between Mrs. Lapidus’s desire to respect Gogol’s wishes and her desire to respect Ashoke’s wishes
Explanation
The conversation shows that Gogol is being asked whether he wants to use a different name at school, but he shakes his head and says no. This reveals an internal conflict: he wants to keep the name Gogol, while his parents want him to have another name in school, including his father’s wishes. Choice B best describes that tension; the passage does not show a conflict between Mrs. Lapidus and Ashoke.
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