After a time perhaps the tenant men looked about — at the pump put in ten years ago . . . at the chopping block where a thousand chickens had been killed, at the hand plow lying in the shed, and the patent crib hanging in the rafters over it.
Which best describes the tone of this excerpt?
A. Apathetic
B. Factual
C. Sympathetic
D. Syntactical

Question

After a time perhaps the tenant men looked about — at the pump put in ten years ago . . . at the chopping block where a thousand chickens had been killed, at the hand plow lying in the shed, and the patent crib hanging in the rafters over it.
Which best describes the tone of this excerpt?
 		A.	Apathetic
 		B.	Factual
 		C.	Sympathetic
 		D.	Syntactical

big_mike_lifting · Answer

It seems like it would be A, it's not necessarily factual considering he said the word perhaps, and then it's surely not C, because the writer doesn't seem to care whatsoever,  and as for D, I simply feel like A is a better choice compared to D.