Question

At this moment, however, the rooms bore every mark of having been recently and hurriedly ransacked; clothes lay about the floor, with their pockets inside out; lock-fast drawers stood open; and on the hearth there lay a pile of grey ashes, as though many papers had been burned. From these embers the inspector disinterred the butt end of a green cheque book, which had resisted the action of the fire; the other half of the stick was found behind the door; and as this clinched his suspicions, the officer declared himself delighted.

Where in the plot is this excerpt found?
resolution
falling action
climax
rising action

Answer 1

i think it is B the falling action

Answer 2

Rising action

Step-by-step explanation:

This excerpt belongs to the rising action of the book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In this section of the story, we learn that Utterson visits Hyde's apartment, as he suspects Hyde to be guilty of the murder of Utterson's client. When he arrives to the apartment, he realizes that Mr. Hyde has fled. This is part of the rising action because the purpose of the scene is to continue rising the tension regarding the mystery of Mr. Hyde.