Question

So there we were, Father, Mother and I, walking in the pouring rain, each of us with a schoolbag and a shopping bag filled to the brim with the most varied assortment of items. The people on their way to work at that early hour gave us sympathetic looks; you could tell by their faces that they were sorry they couldn't offer us some kind of transportation; the conspicuous yellow star spoke for itself.
What is the mood of this excerpt?
a. gloomy
b. panicked
c.angry
d. Indifferent

Answer 1

Answer: A) Gloomy.

Explanation: In literature, mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. We can also say that the mood is the emotional setting of the piece or its atmosphere. From the given options, the word that best describes the mood of the excerpt is "gloomy" because of the description of the family without any transportation, carrying schoolbags and shopping bags, walking in the ppouring rain.

Answer 2

The mood of the passage is "gloomy' because it gives a negative aspect to the story-people walking in the rain without money for transportation and carrying heavy bags.