The answer is:
The animals <em><u>scrambled </u></em>to get into the barn as the lightning <em><u>struck</u></em>.
In the chosen sentence, both verbs in the different clauses are consistent ad accurate because they are written in the Past Simple tense.
The rest of the options are incorrect because the tense of the verbs is not related to each other: they wrongly combine past and present, and present and future tenses.
The right version of them are the following:
<em>Alexander </em><em>finished </em><em>his math test and </em><em>walked </em><em>to Mr. Smith's desk.
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Sampson and Raina </em><em>watch </em><em>the fireworks and </em><em>comment </em><em>on how beautiful they are.
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The police officer </em><em>rounded </em><em>the corner and pumped his arms harder.</em>
I believe the second choice would be most fitting.
The persuasive effect of the statement was to engages the audience and call for a response.
<h3>Why did the enemy left the New England provinces?</h3>
The action of the enemy was meant to enrage the common colonist, that is, the Britain is enlisting Americans in their army and attacking in America's most vulnerable region.
However, the sentence has a persuasive effect which was to engages the audience and call for a response from the reader.
Therefore, the Option A is correct.
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