It's definitely D.
It's for sure not C. And I've never read the full story, but this passage doesn't indicate a depressing mood of foreshadowing danger. And the vocabulary in the writing doesn't impact the story itself.
If Victor knows French then yes there is not conflict unless you count his crush as one, but if he doesn't know French then the conflict is still there because he still has to help Teresa on knowledge he doesn't know himself.
Answer:
1 - Non- fiction
2. summarizing
3. Title
4. Main idea
5. Infer
6. Compare
7. Contrast
8. Author
Explanation:
Author - the person who wrote the article or text.
Contrast - to tell how things are different.
Compare - to tell how things are alike.
Infer - to use information the author has given you plus your prior
knowledge to find the meaning of the text.
Main idea - what the text is mostly about.
Title - the name of the article or text
Summarizing - to make a brief statement about the essential ideas in a text
Non-fiction - writing that concerns real events and is intended to explain,
inform, persuade, or give directions.