Due 10/21/20 11:59pm Literary Text: Short Story
Read the passage. Then, answer the question(s)
On which conflict does the passage focus?
A Lonnie's internal struggle about whether to agree to meet
with Celeste again
B. Lonnie's external struggle with Celeste over whether or not
to maintain their friendship
(1) Celeste and Lonnie had been next-door neighbors since
the two had come home from the same hospital as infants
They played together as toddlers, went to the same
preschool, and even played in Little League together. Then,
Celeste moved to California.
C Celeste's internal struggle about whether to stay friendly
with Lonnie and see him again
D. Lonnie's external struggle with his parents about whether
to attend college close to home
(2) At first, they kept up their friendship via email. Over time,
though, the emails grew more brief and less frequent. Finally,
they stopped altogether Life took over, with new friends and
activities crowding out the past
(3) Then, one day when the two were juniors in high school,
Lonnie received an email from Celeste Celeste wrote to say
that she would be coming north to Portland by train for an
interview at the university that she expected to attend. "I'm
looking forward to meeting you again, Lonnie!" she added
Lonnie, however, was hesitant about seeing her. Did they
really have anything in common anymore? He dreaded
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