A. "The northern village at the border of the Thirty-eighth Parallel was snugly settled under the high, bright autumn sky.
C. Admiring.
Explanation:
In the first question, the only option that does not discuss the effects of war is option A. Option A only talks about the village in a positive tone. Option B discusses the difficulty of dealing with people while a conflict is going on. Option C discusses political questions of war while option D discusses having to leave one's home due to war.
In the second question, the tone of the passages is an admiring one. We know this because when the crane finally left, the boys could not stop staring at it, even after it had disappeared.