Question

Excerpt from Mother Nature's Fury

Tracy Wilson
While I cannot remember the actual impact, pictures from the aftermath tell the story word for word. The tin can that once was a
car was belly up in the top of a 100 foot maple. We hung there for hours oblivious to the disaster around us. When rescuers could
finally get to us, power lines made it too dangerous to touch the metal car. I awoke first 32 days after my ride in the sky and
remembered much of the ordeal. My sister however, after lying in a coma for nearly three months, has no recollection of any
detail from her life before the accident. Lack of oxygen erased her past. My physical wounds have long since healed, but spend
many hours below ground. The slightest hint of thunder or an awkward colored sunset sends me racing to my life below to hide
from her.
Which word describes the author's emotions since the storm?
fearful
grateful
hateful
joyful

Answer 1

Answer: fearful

Step-by-step explanation:

He is afraid of the bad weather because it is reminding him of something that left feelings of sadness and fear in him. He is saying that his physical wounds have long since healed but his mental wounds did not since he is always wanting to hide when he hears the slightest hint of thunder.

• His behavior is showing the trauma that his experience had left on him. He is not acting hateful, he is only scared that something like that will happen again.