Question

Read the following excerpt from "Death By Scrabble" by Charlie Fish.

The heat of the sun is pushing at me through the window. I can hear buzzing insects outside. I hope they're not bees. My cousin Harold swallowed a bee when he was nine, his throat swelled up and he died. I hope that if they are bees, they fly into my wife's throat.

Which is most likely the mood created by the narrator in this excerpt?
A.
The reader's mood is likely fearful of the bees that might kill a character in the story.

Answer 1

is that your only option?

Answer 2

B.
The reader's mood is likely sympathetic to the narrator because he is so distraught over the death of his cousin Harold.
C.
The reader's mood is likely angry at the narrator's wife for being such an awful person and treating the narrator so badly that he wishes her dead.
D.
The reader's mood is likely shocked by the narrator's lack of emotion in describing the death of his young cousin and his expression of hope that bees would fly into his wife's throat.

Answer 3

i think its D

Answer 4

D. The reader's mood is likely shocked by the narrator's lack of emotion in describing the death of his young cousin and his expression of hope that bees would fly into his wife's throat.