Read the excerpt from "In Response to Executive Order 9066".
Of course I'll come. I've packed my galoshes
and three packets of tomato seeds. Denise calls them
love apples. My father says where we're going
they won't grow.
The father's comment in this stanza lends the poem a tone of
playfulness.
irony.
formality.
hopelessness.
PESERYE

The right option to the answer is hopelessness.

Explanation:

The response of the writer's father to the Executive order 9066 is an expression of hopelessness. "My father says where we're going  they won't grow," The Father was making reference to the three packets of tomato seeds  which he called the love apples won't grow in the soil were the Executive Order 9066 asked them to come over to.

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)