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Read these sentences from "A Cub Pilot." "I did not know what in the world to do. I was quaking from head to foot, and I could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far." What emotion does the author convey with this exaggerated language?

a. fury
b. terror
c. confidence
d. embarrassment

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Either A. Fury or B. Terror because he was "quaking from head to foot". But because he says "I could have hung a hat on my eyes they stuck out so far", I'd lean more towards B. Terror
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