Question

adapted from barnacles by c. safos i had only been on deck for 20 minutes before eugenio decided to bore me with another one of his stories. he had as much work to do as i did, but he still felt the need to ruin my morning with his nonsense. he only had six stories to choose from and among them all, i must have heard those six stories a total of 3,487 times. i heard them so many times, i could recite each one. i had heard them so many times that i could measure time by the length of each one. eugenios story about being stuck in a well took fifteen minutes. his story about being related to robert kennedy took forty - five minutes. his story about losing his pinky finger to a mako shark could take almost an hour. i didnt have that kind of time. i was already behind on my duties because i had to pick up the slack for brecken. he claimed he was too sick to work this morning. its funny, but brecken always seemed too sick to work when it was his turn to pull in the crab cages. its not like he needed to lie. his father was the ships captain, and whatever the captain said went. if the captain said i was on cage duty because his son was sleeping off another late night, i was on cage duty. it wasnt fair, but this was my last tour with this company. all i had to show for it were the scars on my hands; 2 select the correct answer. which word best describes the mood of this passage? a. melancholy b. sympathy c. anticipation d. annoyance

Explanation:

The narrator expresses frustration at Eugenio for telling stories when they have work to do, and annoyance at Brecken for shirking duties. Words like "bore", "ruin my morning", and complaints about unfair work - distribution convey annoyance.

Answer:

D. annoyance