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levilugar
19.02.2021 • 
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Read this excerpt from "Eleven". There's cake Mama's making for tonight, and when Papa comes home from work we'll eat it. There’ll be candles and presents and everybody will sing Happy birthday, happy birthday to you, Rachel, only it's too late.

I'm eleven today. I'm eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one, but I wish I was one hundred and two. I wish I was anything but eleven, because I want today to be far away already, far away like a runaway balloon . . .

What statement best describes the conflict in this excerpt?

It is internal because Rachel is impatient as she waits for her birthday.
It is internal because Rachel is unable to be enthusiastic about her birthday.
It is external because Rachel is bored with her family's routines.
It is external because Rachel is worried about her birthday presents.

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