Question 5 20 pts
14. Which quotation from the passage shows how the author creates suspense?
O A "Though the house and grounds belonged to my grandparents, the magnificent old banyan
tree was mine-chiefly because Grandfather, at sixty-five, could no longer climb it." (paragraph 1)
OB'in a clearing beneath the banyan tree, in bright sunshine, they came face to face." (paragraph
9)
O C'Though the combatants were unawar of my presence in the tree, they were soon made
aware of the arrival of two other spectators." (paragraph 12)
OD "The myna dropped cautiously to the ground, hopped about, peered into the bushes from a
safe distance, and then, with a shrill cry of congratulations, flew away." (paragraph 21)