Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march.

"i was standing on the steps of the sixteenth street [baptist] church, watching an elderly black man walking in the park across the street with other people, two-by-two," she remembered. "a policeman allowed a dog to attack that man – [just] because he was walking. it was unbelievable."

at that moment, nine-year-old audrey made a decision. she would no longer just attend meetings. somehow, she would act on her own.

which word best describes the tone of the excerpt?

a. outraged
b. diplomatic
c. enthusiastic
d. inquisitive