Read the excerpt from "Raymond's Run.”"Well, Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker, going to give someone else a break this year?” I squint at [Mr. Pearson] real hard to see if he is seriously thinking I should lose the race on purpose just to give someone else a break... "That new girl should give you a run for your money.” He looks around the park for Gretchen like a periscope in a submarine movie . . . I give him such a look he couldn’t finish putting that idea into words. Grownups got a lot of nerve sometimes.
The pronoun “he” refers to Mr. Pearson, the person Hazel is speaking to in the excerpt. He looks around the park for Gretchen after saying that she should give Hazel a run for her money. So the correct choice is Mr. Pearson.
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