The structure of the story builds suspense by making the narrative into a quest.
Explanation:
The narrative uses well tested techniques of building suspense in On a mountain trail by Harry Perry.
The first example one can see is in the beginning when the author describes the particular difficulty of the quest for the top.
Thus starting medias res and then going back to give details.
The second example is that the narrator often employs descriptive passages just before a new development to draw out the moment.
This builds suspense even more in the text.
B. because the ordeal is almost over and Santiago can now rest until the marlin dies
<span>forgoing worldly possessions is the correct one</span>
In this play, the attorney is trying to find out what happened to Mr. Wright and how he died (apparently strangled, but suspected murdered). Mrs. Peters finds the bird, that was supposed to be in the bird cage, strangled. She interprets this as the preparation to the killing of Mr. Wright and hides the bird in a box. The fact that the ladies in the scene have agreed to not disclose the contents of the box and continue to hide it, let us know that the best answer here is option C.