Read the excerpt from The Miracle Worker.ANNIE [MEEKLY]: Yes. But I know what I’m like, what’s this child like?ANAGNOS: Like?ANNIE: Well—Bright or dull, to start off.ANAGNOS: No one knows. And if she is dull, you have no patience with this?ANNIE: Oh, in grownups you have to, Mr. Anagnos. I mean in children it just seems a little—precocious, can I use that word?ANAGNOS: Only if you can spell it.ANNIE: Premature. So I hope at least she’s a bright one.ANAGNOS: Deaf, blind, mute—who knows? She is like a little safe, locked, that no one can open. Perhaps there is a treasure inside.The tone of this excerpt could best be described as
Annie and Anagnos repeatedly express that they do not know what the child is like or what is inside her: Anagnos says, “No one knows” and “who knows?” His comparison of the child to a locked safe adds mystery, but the main feeling is uncertainty about her abilities and potential. Therefore, the tone is uncertain, choice C.
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