So there we were, Father, Mother and I, walking in the pouring rain, each of us with a schoolbag and a shopping bag filled to the brim with the most varied assortment of items. The people on their way to work at that early hour gave us sympathetic looks; you could tell by their faces that they were sorry they couldn't offer us some kind of transportation; the conspicuous yellow star spoke for itself.

What is the mood of this excerpt?

a. gloomy

b. panicked

c. angry

d. Indifferent

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Mountain

20 March, 18:53

So there we were, Father, Mother and I, walking in the pouring rain, each of us with a schoolbag and a shopping bag filled to the brim with the most varied assortment of items. The people on their way to work at that early hour gave us sympathetic looks; you could tell by their faces that they were sorry they couldn't offer us some kind of transportation; the conspicuous yellow star spoke for itself.

What is the mood of this excerpt?

a. gloomy

b. panicked

c. angry

d. Indifferent

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Kara Hicks · Answer 1

The mood of the passage is "gloomy' because it gives a negative aspect to the story-people walking in the rain without money for transportation and carrying heavy bags.