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Understanding Suspense in a Mystery: "Object Lesson"

Question 1 • FL-1001010-M/J Language Arts 1 A-CR

Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."He thought furiously.Let the bell ring at 9:35 and the boy strut out of Miss Carpenter's room undetected, with his loot, and he would send up a howl like a wolf cub over his first kill. Who says these big-shot law jerks ain't monkeys? The biggest! He's a lot of nothin'. Wind. See me stand him on his ear? And this is just for openers. Wait till I get goin' for real, not any of this kid stuff. . . .

Answer
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with the protagonist’s conflict
B
with an unexplained idea
C
with a sense of urgency
D
with fast pacing
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