No you silly it's the climax!
Climax = emotional peak in the story, such as when a character is feeling so strongly about something that they commit suicide over someone else's dead body lol
Falling action = things that happen after the climax that work towards the resolution
        
             
        
        
        
A, as the rock in flowing water, she is sturdy and perseverant.
        
             
        
        
        
Answer be C. 
Samantha is creating an article from the 1700s and 1800s. One source provides information from the 1900s to modern day, therefore doesn't work in this case. So the choice of C doesn't work.