Read the following excerpt from The Boy and the Bayonet, and answer the question below. The boys were a little cold to him, and some were brutal. But most of them recognized the fact that
what had happened to Tom Harris might have happened to any one of them. Besides, since the
percentage had been shown, it was found that "B" had outpointed them in many ways, and so their
loss was not due to the one grave error.
How does the author use the paragraph to develop a point of view about Bud's mistake?
O to explain why the boys were so angry with Bud
to convey how the boys planned to surprise Bud
O to show many boys were sympathetic Bud's mistake
to demonstrate that the boys barely noticed Bud's mistake