Read the excerpt from "the thing about terry.” we work four long hours nervous stomachs a-churn then sneak into the closet to await her return which best describes how the pacing of events heightens tension? the group of friends has a fixed amount of time to finish painting the stars in terry’s room. the group of friends must finish painting the stars while terry waits downstairs with her mother. the group of friends wants to leave terry’s house after they finish painting stars in her room. the group of friends do not think they can finish painting the stars before terry returns.

The option that best describes how the pacing of events heightens tension is The group of friends wants to leave Terry’s house after they finish painting stars in her room.

One of the keywords is Then sneak into the closet To await her return which means that Tery is not at home and they finish before she arrives, they're not showing any kinds of stress towards timing or the impossibility of finishing on time it is more about the expectation of the reveal moment and the fact that they feel physically exhausted reason why they may want to go home.

some sort of sound device i believe.