What tone does this passage convey?

hannah’s neighbors had been planning a surprise birthday party for her for weeks. she had no idea what they were planning. on the day of her birthday, she and her daughter went shopping. when they came back, hannah told her daughter to go ahead of her and unlock the door. when she opened the door, hannah saw the lights in her house go on and heard “surprise! ” she laughed and realized that her daughter’s entrance had started the party.

pessimistic

optimistic

humorous

angry

Read the excerpt from the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. from that time forward, mr. utterson began to haunt the door in the by-street of shops. in the morning before office hours, at noon when business was plenty, and time scarce, at night under the face of the fogged city moon, by all lights and at all hours of solitude or concourse, the lawyer was to be found on his chosen post. "if he be mr. hyde,” he had thought, "i shall be mr. seek.” how is mr. utterson characterized in the excerpt? as mysterious as depressed as determined as generous

Acredible source is one that is (4 points) select one: a. with bias b. not useful c. persuasive d. trustworthy

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”