How does the author create mystery in this story? By alternating events from the past and the present to show Giselle's unpredic
tability, readers are continually guessing how Giselle will react to new developments in the story. By focusing more on scenes with Dark Star than on scenes with her parents and siblings, readers wonder about Giselle's relationship with her family. By explaining in detail Giselle's love for books about horses but never explaining how she learned to ride, readers question Giselle's ability to care for Dark Star. By mentioning Giselle’s cast at several points in the story but never directly explaining how she broke her arm, the author adds interest for readers as they try to infer what might have happened.
B) The author begins with loud noises drifting away into subdued silence to set the scene for the old book to speak.
Explanation:
The best description of how the author sequences events to create mystery is the following description: The author begins loud noises drifting away into subdued silence to set the scene for the old book to speak.
Precisely the author keeps the interest of readers not describing clearly the kind of relationship in Giselle's family. By doing this, readers had to imagine and assume how it was. Instead, the author described better scenes with Dark Star and the influence of books about horses in Giselle's life and actions. Also the fact that she broke her arm but not referring to it in detail leads the readers to imagine and guess what could have occurred.
