I believe the answer is nonlinear. The story does not go in a specific order.
Definition of perfect storm. : a critical or disastrous situation created by a powerful concurrence of factors.
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It would be past tense because when you say something occurred you are saying that it has already happened
The correct answer is A. When the subject of a sentence is singular, add "_s" to the base form.
An easy example is "to exist", the base form is "exist" and A strawberry exists shows that you add s when a singular subject is used.