The last one
From behind the trees
To be reticent is to not reveal one's thoughts readily. In this case, it is the reticence of the author. The author does not reveal their thoughts readily. If the narrator or author refuses to do something, it is made known that he is doing something. The something here is him refusing. If he acts as if the situation is normal, I'd assume he is acting in such a way that would be nonreactionary of the actions from the provoker. I would safely choose the last option as sorrentino's exercising of authorial reticence.
Well, though you didn't include the sentence, the correct possessive of women is women's.
C) summarizing explains all of the main ideas in a source while paraphrasing focuses on just a few sentences
Nendo is basically Saiki's sidekick. He's not very smart, and he thinks Saiki is his best friend, even though Saiki doesn't like him. Saiki also can't read Nendo's mind. I belive yare yare means "Oh my," or something along those lines.
