The climax of the story “seventh grade” occurs when teresa sees victor in the lunch area and smiles at him. victor raises his hand in french class to impress teresa. mr. bueller stays quiet about victor not knowing french. victor assures teresa that her will not be a bother.

In "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto, the story reaches its climax when Mr. Bueller stays quiet about Victor not knowing French.When Mr. Bueller asks if anyone in the class knows French and then Victor raises his hand, although he doesn't speak the language, Mr. Bueller decides not to make fun of it, and instead, he continues with the class normally. This action had a positive effect on Victor, who considers Mr. Bueller to be a good person and motivates him to do well in French, despite of his previous attempt to impress Teresa.Regarding the other options, althought they occur at the beginning (Teresa sees Victor in the lunch area and smiles at him and Victor raises his hand in French to impress Teresa) and at the end (Victor assures Teresa that helping her will not be a bother), they aren't considered to be the highest point of the conflict in the story.