Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question.


from Do and Dare; or A Brave Boy’s Fight for Fortune

Horatio Alger


55 "Ahem!" said the squire, somewhat mollified, "I will think of your case." Herbert left the house, feeling that his mother's removal was only a matter of time.



3.

In paragraph 55, the word mollified means —

embarrassed

motivated

irate or angered

appeased or soothed