Read the excerpt from "The Night the Bed Fell."
Which word best describes the tone of this excerpt?
embarrassing
By this time my mother, still shouting, pursued by Herman, still
shouting, was trying to open the door to the attic, in order to go
up and get my father's body out of the wreckage. The door was
stuck, however, and wouldn't yield. Her frantic pulls on it only
added to the general banging and confusion. Roy and the dog
were now up, the one shouting questions, the other barking.
O melancholy
O tragic
O chaotic