Idescended the steps to the cellar, reminding myself that the smell of dirt was not to be feared. the earthen walls shone with moisture, and the rows of jarred fruit gleamed. i loathed these errands and doubted my ability to discern a peach from a pear in the dim light. i held a jar inches from my eyes and concluded it was some undesirable green—beans or peas—to be retrieved at a later date. as i mused, something crept stealthily from the shadows, and pounced unexpectedly from the summer’s stash. which best describes the tone of the excerpt?
a - somber
b - disinterested
c - angry
d - uncertain

Read the passage from the american plague. whenever the parliament clashed with their monarch, the king would get his way by suddenly convening parliament in a remote, unreachable part of the country. without a proper quorum of members, the king could then decide law as he . as a result, representatives in the united states had drawn up the constitution with particular attention to the issue of where they would meet in the future. the best reason why the last sentence is an effect is because it defines an event that created the king’s official behavior. a change that occurred due to the king’s behavior. a relationship that occurred due to the king’s behavior. a central idea that led to a change in the king’s behavior.