Answer:
A push or pull applied to an object
Setting: Forest(?)
Protagonist: Randall
Conflict: Lost in the forest with no food
Mood: Really depends on how you view it
Climax: Maybe remembering that his father taught him to seek water?
Falling action: I don't see anything else after that. Is there more to the story?
Resolution: Found his mother
Theme: Boy gets lost after not listening to his mother and bringing his whistle
Hammer and tongs were the tools of the blacksmiths, which had to be very strong and energetic in their work.
Becasue of this "tongs and hammer" evoke the imagery of strengh and vehemence. So this means that the parish priest was very loud and vehement about the prayers.