It was the best of times and the worst of times. They hated but they loved. She would pick on him and he’d retaliate. With a school project coming up, it made matters worse because they desperately but secretly wanted to work together. They got to crazy with eachother that they were forced together. So happy they were to work together and fall in love.
I think that the answer is a
Answer: A. Felt that their efforts were not successful.
Explanation: In the given excerpt from "A Rumor of War" we can see the description of how the soldiers felt discouraged because they discovered that the men they had scorned as peasant guerrillas were a lethal enemy. From the given options, the one that best expresses the fellings of the soldiers about the discovery and the situation, is the corresponding to option A, they felt that their efforts were not successful, and that broke their confidence.
