A Noiseless Flash / John Hersey

Test Practice

Identify Author’s Point of View

With your partner, discuss how to answer this question about the author’s point of view.

Read the first two sentences of the selection. (The second sentence is extremely long.) Why does the author describe what these people were doing at this very moment?
a. to introduce the characters and let the reader know what job each person held
b. to contrast the normalcy of the day with the horrors that followed the dropping of the bomb
c. to create conflict between the characters
d. to develop sympathy for the characters


What is the correct answer to the question above? How did the information you gathered while reading help you eliminate the incorrect answers?

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