Review the passage.
soon the men began to gather, surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes. they stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner, and their jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed.
how does the passage create suspense?

The passage doesn't give much information. It let's the reader wonder what is going on and what will happen next.

The answer is actually b. explanation: lines that signify human-like characteristics: “a half a dozen kissed the eves”raindrops don’t usually ‘kiss’ anything, as it is a human action. lines that signify playfulness: “and made the gables laugh” a gable is the part of a wall that encloses a pitched roof, so it is certainly not living and cannot really laugh. this is a human characteristic and signifies playfulness.

The sentence needs a descriptor of exactly "what" will happen at gurley and marina. in this case, it is the light at the intersection turning green. in this case, the sentence could be rewritten as "the light at the intersection of gurley and montezuma will turn green exactly three seconds after the light at the intersection of gurley and marina."