Multiple Choice
Which of the following sentences from "Five Hours to Simla" best illustrates the mood of frustration?
(1 point)
"After the first cacophony of screeching brakes and grinding gears. there followed the comparatively
static hum of engines, and drivers waited in exasperation for the next lurch forwards."
"Clenching the wheel with both hands, his head was lowered on to it, and the blare of the horn
seemed to issue out his fury."
"The children could not tear their eyes away from the beggar—his sores, his bandages, his crippled
leg, the flies gathering…"
"All along the road, in the stationary traffic, drivers and passengers were searching for shade, for
news, for some sign of release