Redwoods" Quiz Active TIME RE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 54 Read the excerpt from Silent Spring. What kind of tone do the underlined words create? O bewildered On the farms the hens brooded, but no chicks hatched. The farmers complained that they were unable to raise any pigs—the litters were small and the young survived only a few days. The apple trees were coming into bloom but no bees droned among the blossoms, so there was no pollination and there would be no fruit. threatening O courageous o insignificant ​