<< III > Read the passage and answer the question to the right.
A Day at the Park
On a bright, sunny day, Jennifer took her little dog, Fefe, to the park. She walked her
around for hours. The day was very hot. When Fefe became extremely thirsty, Jennifer
kindly took her to the water fountain and let her drink from it using her floppy tongue.

Read the excerpt from "a pair of silk stockings." but she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things—with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers. which best describes the underlying tone of the excerpt created by the connotations of the words “soft,” ”luxurious,” “glisten,” and “serpent-like”? 1. gloom 2. temptation 3. forgiveness 4. suspicion