Question

What kind of tone does the author convey in the following passage:

After a short halt, under the blazing sun, the Sheikh again gave the order to advance. On, on! I struggled up, but my leaden feet almost refused to bear me. “Mohammed!” I called to my faithful Algerian, “I can do no more; I am done!”

Question 7 options:

Excited


Desperate


Frightened


Relieved

Answer 1

frightened sounds about right

Answer 2

In the excerpt you can see how the protagonist struggles to fulfill the orders of the Sheikh. He calls out to "Mohammed" and desperately yells, "I can do no more; I am done!"

From this we can conclude that during this moment he was very Desperate