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"A) It sends the characters in search of a solution to the mystery introduced in the passage's complicating incident. B) It provides an unexpected twist that dramatically changes the narrator's view of Aunt Gertrude. C) It releases the tension of the story by confirming what the characters always thought about Aunt Gertrude. D) It raises the stakes and ratchets up the tension in the story as the narrator wonders what is in the box."
Answer:
D) It raises the stakes and ratchets up the tension in the story as the narrator wonders what is in the box.
Step-by-step explanation:
The narrator insists on increasing the tension in the story by gluing information that makes the reader believe that the secret inside the box is something terrible, awe and scary. This produces an increase in bets and a progressive increase in the tension of the story, leaving the reader highly anxious and curious about how everything will be resolved and what the secret is kept.