AP English Literature and Composition Quiz
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Read the following excerpt from a short story:
Elliot found the old voicemail by accident, buried in a backup folder he'd meant to delete. The audio crackled, then his own younger voice filled the room: "Hey, Mom. It's me. I got the scholarship. Call me back."
He listened to the message twice, then a third time, as if repetition could change what followed: nothing. No return call. No explanation. Just the small, bright hope of his voice hanging in the air like a light left on in an empty house.
His partner, Dana, came in and asked what he was doing. Elliot minimized the window too quickly. "Work stuff," he said.
He wanted to tell Dana, to make the silence less private. But he also wanted to keep the hurt untouched, as if sharing it would turn it into something ordinary, something that could be judged and corrected.
Which best describes the function of the conflict in the excerpt?
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