Emily and Sarah are high-school students competing in a contest to design a playground. Emily knows that Sarah is receiving help from her uncle, a landscape architect, but she cannot prove it. Emily is torn between cheating herself or losing to someone who is cheating. In the end, she decides to do her own best work. She loses the competition but maintains her values and self-respect.

Question

Emily and Sarah are high-school students competing in a contest to design a playground. Emily knows that Sarah is receiving help from her uncle, a landscape architect, but she cannot prove it. Emily is torn between cheating herself or losing to someone who is cheating. In the end, she decides to do her own best work. She loses the competition but maintains her values and self-respect.

Use the selection to answer the question.
Which choice describes the external conflict?

A. a contest between Emily and Sarah
B. a struggle between Sarah and her uncle
C. Emily’s struggle to make a choice
D. Sarah’s struggle to make a choice

Answer 1

The question asks for the external conflict. What is your answer?

Answer 2

The external conflict in the selection is described as "a contest between Emily and Sarah". This is because Emily and Sarah are high-school students competing in a contest to design a playground. The conflict arises from the fact that Emily suspects that Sarah is receiving help from her uncle, which could be seen as an unfair advantage in the competition. However, Emily cannot prove this and is faced with the decision of whether to cheat herself or maintain her values and do her own best work.