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Which word, if used to replace “quiet”, would give the following sentence from The Grapes of Wrath a more negative tone?

Then the people went to their beds, and the camp was quiet.

A. Stifled
B. Peaceful
C. Still
D. Silent

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A) stifled NBBBNBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBV
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Answer:

The negative tone would be stifled =A

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