I read this in 10th grade. If you tell me who Randy is I might be able to help.
Slinking !! since slinking means to move slowly and carefully with gliding steps !!
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When Dally leaves to get a coke, Ponyboy engages Cherry in a polite manner, and the two discuss the handsome greaser Sodapop and the rodeo. When Dally returns, he offers the coke to Cherry, who throws it back in his face.
The plot of "The Signalman" reaches a climax when signalman dies. As you know, the main characteristic of climax is that it is the most emotional part of a story that provides a lot of interest and suspense to a reader. The death of signalman is the highest point of emotional intensity of the plot as the loved protagonist unexpectedly (or undesirably) passes away and put an end to the story.