Question

By the time Wash was in seventh grade, he’d skip school for weeks at a time. "My friends and I would go into the woods and build a campfire [or] walk down the railroad tracks,” he said. Sometimes he’d go to the colored library, sit in the back room, and read. "It was all an adventure,” according to Wash. He liked wearing a Davy Crockett coonskin cap on his adventures.

What is the tone of the excerpt?

judgmental
solemn
sentimental
brave

Answer 1

sentimental

The passage reflects a warm, nostalgic recollection of childhood adventures rather than judgment, solemnity, or explicit bravery.