The correct option is OVERWHELMED.
To be overwhelmed means to be totally overcome in mind or feeling with a particular emotion such as sadness or remorse. In the passage given above, it is obvious that the character in the passage was already disturbed in mind by past occurrences. The fact that the weather is cold, which somehow relate to what he is going through, completely overcome his emotions to the extent that he started shedding tears.<span />
A subordinating conjunction enables to give transition to the ideas of the sentence and it also enables to join a main clause to a subordinate clause. In the sentence above, the subordinating conjunction used in the sentence is Whether.
Always remember that the subordinating conjunction will be followed by a clause.
News.<span>
</span><span>You would say, "The news is on."</span>
He is using Parallelism, don't let the quiz fool you.
