Answer:
The answer is C.) bothered
Explanation:
The text has a bothered because of words such as "tried not to care" and "couldn't start my morning without knowing what the governer, his National Guard, and the school board were up to." If we use the process of elimination the way the author is writing this, we know it is not inspired or sympathetic. They are not precisely sad or mournful, either, so bothered would be the best answer.
