The part of the narrative structure that the author is developing in this excerpt is characterization by revealing the leader's compassion. We can deduce that compassion from the extract with the words in bold
"We didn't want anyone to . . . participate in the demonstrations and then regret that they did."
Characterization is a representation of the characters through behavior o attributes they may have, it is possible to be shown in a direct or indirect form. In the direct form, we can read descriptions or personality traits, in an indirect form the reader would have to deduce by the attitudes and situations thepérspnalityof the character
The most effective question is what does the character learn. In most every story, the character learns something from their mistakes. The other questions are mostly irrelevant.
Contrast: Insects may have entered a cool home and earthworms would have escaped to under the cool soil.
Compare: They both may have gone to a chilly area from their instincts.
Answer: Victor lingers in his homeroom so he can be near Teresa.
Explanation:
The rising action of a story refers to the evens that preclude the climax. They are events that keep building up the conflict in the story until they boil out in the climax.
In the story Seventh Grade, Victor is a boy who really like a girl named Teresa and has promised to himself that she will be his girlfriend that year. When he went to his homeroom to begin the semester and discovers that Teresa is in his homeroom as well, he lingers so he can be near her and leave at the same time she is leaving so that they can make contact.
