"The clock's minutes ticked loudly through the small room. Tick tock! Tick tock! It was enough to drive a person crazy. The windows were sealed shut, and the hot air made it feel difficult to breathe. A distant alarm clock gave out a faint blare. Someone down the hall slammed a door shut, and a picture that had been hanging on he wall came crashing to the floor." Question: What mood does the setting of the passage create?
A. Hopeful
B. Tense
C. Easygoing
D. Confused

What was the main idea or message taught by the ballad, "king john and the abbot of canterbury"?

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up

Which statement best explains the motivation for the narrator's mother to introduce her daughter to everyone they meet? from amy tan's "rules of the game."