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read the excerpt from gary soto’s "seventh grade."

she smiled and said, "hi, victor.”
he smiled back and said, "yeah, that's me.” his brown face blushed. why hadn’t he said, "hi, teresa,” or "how was your summer? ” or something nice?

this excerpt best expresses the story’s

a. resolution
b. climax
c. setting
d. conflict