Read the excerpt from chapter 2 of Night by Elie Wiesel.There was a woman among us, a certain Mrs. Schächter. She was in her fifties and her ten-year-old son was with her, crouched in a corner. Her husband and two older sons had been deported with the first transport, by mistake. The separation had totally shattered her.
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The word suggests a tragic tone.B
The word suggests a fearful tone.C
The word suggests a pathetic tone.D
The word suggests a nervous tone.