Question

The tone of “The Sky Blue Ball” is ___.
A.

Somber

B.

Thoughtful

C.

Menacing

D.

Calm

Answer 1

What is the sky blue ball?

Answer 2

a story

Answer 3

if this is it
http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/o/oates-hearts.html
then definitely Not B or D

Answer 4

if anything... I would say C ...?

Answer 5

it was C. wtf

Answer 6

Makes no sense at all ...

Answer 7

I answered D.

Answer 8

tone is reflected based off of diction (word choice) and stuff like that
in the story they used words like
"PRIVATE PROPERTY NO TRESPASSING"
"forbidding"
""Get the hell out of the road!""
etc

Answer 9

if just basing off of the title, one might have thought that it would be "Calm"
but if you look at the last three paragraphs the whole thing is really negative
with mentioning of blood, pain, veins, the "faded and cracked" ball, etc