I would guess that the tone of this excerpt would be Interrogatory. I really hope this helped :)
“i don’t know the answer.” is a clause
Answer:
Cause- The owner bent down to wake up Fonzie, one of the sled dogs, without whispering his name first. Effect- Because he didn’t whisper his name first, Fonzie bit the owner on his wrist for waking him up suddenly.
Explanation:
I just took a practice and this was the online answer.
