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 pacing of events heightens the tension because the group of friends has a fixed amount of time to finish painting the stars in Terry's room. Terry is going to return to her room in only four hours, so the group of friends only has this short amount of time to finish. They are excited to see Terry's reaction, so they hide in the closet and wait for her to come back once. However, because they know that she will be back soon, they know they need to finish quickly. They are unsure if they will be able to do it which causes them to be nervous.

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