The answer to this question is pluck
Shoelace is the common noun
1. Desperate, since he need to do a good job or they'll get caught which makes it have a tone of desperation.
2. More neutral, it cant be more approving since "masterful" is way better than "good". It also can't be "shocked" since theres nothing really shocking about the word "good".
active voice is a sentence with an action verb
passive voice is a sentence where the subject is acted upon
therefore, this is a passive voice, because the fire WAS extinguished.
1, 2 , 3 , 5 hope it helps