Yes, father said, “I’ll be home by ten.”
Answer:
You could say something like, "In her office, Mrs. Gupta is there."
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Answer: By the time they came, we had finished our dinner.
Came is past tense, so I would assume it would be had finished
I believe the answer is climax because the excerpt seems to be describing the main conflict of the story which happens during the climax.