Question

read this excerpt from the grapes of wrath. the movement changed them; the highways, the camps along the road, the fear of hunger and the hunger itself, changed them. the children without dinner changed them, the endless moving changed them. which best describes the tone of this excerpt? a. sympathetic b. hopeful c. syntactical d. uncaring

Explanation:

The excerpt describes the hardships (hunger, endless moving, children without dinner) that changed people. A sympathetic tone shows understanding/concern for others' suffering. "Hopeful" would imply optimism (not present here). "Syntactical" refers to sentence structure, not tone. "Uncaring" is the opposite of the concern implied by describing these hardships. So the tone is sympathetic.

Answer:

A. Sympathetic