Question

Read the excerpt from Chapter 8 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and answer the question.

But by and by, sure enough, I catched a glimpse of fire away through the trees. I went for it cautious and slow. By and by I was close enough to have a look, and there laid a man on the ground. It most give me the fantods. He had a blanket around his head, and his head was nearly in the fire.

What mood is created by the language in this excerpt?

comical
perplexed
eerie
meditative

Answer 1

eerie

Explanation: Odyssey exam says this is correct

Answer 2

Option C

Step-by-step explanation:

The scene described by the author here gives a freighting sense where a ban is burning is head after wrapping it in a blanket. Hence, it can be said that mood of the language used in the excerpt is eerie.

Eerie mean something which is freighting.

Hence, option C is correct