Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed. He moves in darkness as it seems to me, Not of woods only and the shade of trees. He will not go behind his father's saying, And he likes having thought of it so well He says again, 'Good fences make good neighbors.' Which best describes the speaker's tone in this passage?

A. He admires his neighbor's strength by the way he handles the stone.

B. He distrusts his neighbor because they have such little interaction.

C. He is critical of his neighbor because he believes that he is stuck in the past.

D. He fears his neighbor because he threatened him with the stone.

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12 January, 23:59

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Kipper · Answer 1

C. He is critical of his neighbor because he believes that he is stuck in the past