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Type: Multiple-Choice
Category: Story Elements
Level: Grade 6
Standards: CCRA.R.5, RL.6.5
Tags: Plot Elements, ELA-Literacy.RL.6.5
Author: mwoldum
Last Modified: 8 years ago

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Ben was a full-time question writer for the quiz show American Genius, where he had worked for the past seven years. Long ago, he had loved it. He had loved the thrill of working for TV, loved telling people he worked for a network, and loved thinking up new questions. He had loved wondering which contestant he would stump next. Secretly, he dreamed of someday becoming the show's host. The fact that he was five-foot-six, weighed 123 pounds, spoke in a near-monotone, and was legally blind without his glasses didn't stop him from dreaming. The only reason most people watched American Genius was for Morgan Finnegan, the show's hunky, Texan, redheaded, hilarious, charming, and (Ben had noticed over the years) intellectually under-qualified emcee. But before he turned thirty a few months ago, Ben had maintained full faith in logic. If he, Benjamin Ziskind, was the smartest person on the staff, then his intelligence would eventually be rewarded. His specialty was in the thousand-dollar-plus category, questions that no one but the true champions could answer. In the past few months, though, his questions had been repeatedly rejected, and now they were interlaced in his mind with questions he asked of himself.

Grade 6 Story Elements CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RL.6.5

Which of these best describes Ben's conflict?
  1. He is not as happy and successful as he once was in his job.
  2. The show has threatened to fire him if his work doesn't improve.
  3. The show wants to replace him with a younger and smarter writer
  4. He is jealous of how handsome the host of American Genius is.