Question

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one of the windows on the old pickup canted off its track if you tried rolling it down without guiding it at the corner. the inside panel of the passenger door was so sun - beaten and dry - rotted that scratching it with your nails was like doodling in coarse, parched sand. twisting the dial on the radio was useless. the radio was permanently tuned to some tinny am talk radio station. the pickup had somewhere over 400,000 miles on it. it was hard to tell exactly how many miles it had been driven because the odometer had long since rolled over. its several replaced mechanical parts—including a new motor and transmission—made daniel wonder whether the pickup was even the same truck it had been when his dad
read this excerpt from paragraph 3 in the passage.
the lone laurel oak cast a shadow over their shoulders as daniel pulled onto the property...
select from the drop - down menu to correctly complete the statement.
the author’s word choices in this excerpt give it
choose...
choose...
a humorous tone.
an uneasy tone.
an optimistic tone.
a biting tone.

Explanation:

To determine the tone, analyze the excerpt: "The lone laurel oak cast a shadow" creates a somewhat somber, unsettling mood. A "humorous" tone would have playful language (not present), "optimistic" would have hopeful words (absent), "biting" is sarcastic/critical (not here). "Uneasy" fits the shadow and the old, worn - out truck context.

Answer:

an uneasy tone.