Can someone use the word adequacy in a sentence

What is the theme of "the necklace"

Is "they" an unstressed or stressed syllable?

Read this excerpt from the grapes of wrath: snub-nosed monsters, raising the dust and sticking theirsnouts into it, straight down the country, across thecountry through fences, through dooryards, and in and outof gullies in straight lineswhich best describes the tone in this passage