We tore through the night along dark country roads. Wind slammed against
the Camaro. Rain lashed the windshield. I didn't know how my mom could
see anything, but she kept her foot on the gas.
Every time there was a flash of lightning, I looked at Grover sitting next to
me in the backseat and I wondered if I'd gone insane, or if he was wearing
some kind of shag-carpet pants. But, no, the smell was one I remembered
from kindergarten field trips to the petting zoo- lanolin, like from wool. The
smell of a wet barnyard animal.
All I could think to say was, "So, you and my mom... know each other?"
Grover's eyes flitted to the rearview mirror, though there were no cars
behind us. "Not exactly," he said. "I mean, we've never met in person. But
she knew I was watching you."
What word best describes the mood/feelings created
by this passage?
brooding
O urgent
peaceful
O sentimental
Which words from the passage contribute to the
mood?
"I wondered," "field trips"
O "We tore," "eyes flitted"
O "Shag-carpet pants," "barnyard animal"
"Dark country roads," "never met"
From the Percy Jackson book
