Read the excerpt from The Miracle Worker. ANNIE [MEEKLY]: Yes. But I know what I’m like, what’s this child like?

ANAGNOS: Like?

ANNIE: Well—Bright or dull, to start off.

ANAGNOS: No one knows. And if she is dull, you have no patience with this?

ANNIE: Oh, in grownups you have to, Mr. Anagnos. I mean in children it just seems a little—precocious, can I use that word?

ANAGNOS: Only if you can spell it.

ANNIE: Premature. So I hope at least she’s a bright one.

ANAGNOS: Deaf, blind, mute—who knows? She is like a little safe, locked, that no one can open. Perhaps there is a treasure inside.

The tone of this excerpt could best be described as

excited.
sorrowful.
uncertain.
suspenseful.