English

Willie Sandoval

17 May, 10:17

Read this passage from "The Strangers That Came to Town":

Instead Mr. Duvitch broke down. Tom and I did not know where to look. During those moments we suffered more intensely than we had suffered in the clouds of mosquitoes and under the blazing sun. After our neighbor had composed himself, he seized our hands and bowed his head over them. Tom and I swallowed hard.

Which word best describes the mood this passage creates?

angry

emotional and embarrassed

content and relaxed

distant and uninterested