The reason he wanted to hear is because he was scared
The rising action of a plot is the action before the inciting incident or conflict.
Heya here’s your answer
1) He told me that he could help me
2) They said they would join us for lunch
3) I told you that I was going to be late
4) The article said that the accident happened the day before
5) Our teacher had told us that she had lost our homework
In 1848, one day a man named James Wilson Marshal was digging until he found something shining, gold! Marshal wasn't even looking for gold. In fact, he was preparing to build a sawmill near a river until he found his new shocking discovery. When the word got out that he found some gold, people headed west hoping to find some gold and get rich. (I only did the top paragraph, do you need the second?)
