Read the passage. The desolate lake hushed as the night cast its shadows across the water's edge. Margaret and Josephine paddled across the placid lake as shrieks of peculiar sounds filled the once still air. What is the overall mood of the passage? 1. mysterious 2. reflective 3. peaceful 4. mournful

What can be inferred from the following sentence in the passage? then he asked me my name. scarcely had i uttered it when he made a gesture of astonishment. a) the sentence implies that the attendant knows the colonel. b) the sentence implies that the colonel is giving up on life. c) the sentence implies that the attendant is going to get fired. d) the sentence implies that the colonel recognizes the attendant's name.