What is the best description of the impact of the story's climax? in the story secret in slovakia. 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.

D) It raises the stakes and ratchets up the tension in the story as the narrator wonders what is in the box.

Explanation:

The protagonist narrates the story in such a manner it makes the reader think Aunt Gertrude's secret is most likely a terrible one. This element of story-telling helps building up suspense before reaching the climax of the story, although in the end the reader realizes the true nature of Gertrude's secret and how it is not so terrible as it was built-up to be.

the sentence that avoid faulty coordination is:

culture, which is well represented in philadelphia, plays a major role including theatre, music, and the visual arts.  

faulty coordination occurs when the writer gives equal importance two different ideas (clauses) which in fact are not equivalent. in order to correct a misplaced clause or idea, the writer can place less important or emphatic ideas in a relative clause as in the previous sentence.