I would say a casual tone
Answer:
During an interview, many differents types of topics are considered as illegal topics.
Every questions related to these topics are unlawful questions. Here are the topics, Race, Color, or National Origin, Religion, Sex, Gender Identity, or Sexual Orientation, Pregnancy status, Disability and Genetic Information.
Explanation:
The answer is definitely: "And so it piled up to the ceilings" since the author is using exaggeration as a literary technique to make the situation seem even worse than it is.
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1. All gerunds end with the letter -ing
2. Gerunds can be used as nouns or parts of verbs
