Answer:
The mood in that scene is of fear and tension mixed with hope. The words that help to identify it are:
- The kids going down the steps of their home to go to school.
- The mentioning of the military command.
- The horns and boos in the air.
The story is "The first day of school" by R. V Cassil.
Explanation:
We can define the mood in that scene as one of fear, tension, and hope since they went to school, but there was a lot of tension around the issue. The words that help us identify the mood are:
the mentioning, the commands, the horns and boos that followed, and the first sentence when the author describes how the kids descended the stairs and went to school.
