I believe it would be to inform, the particular excerpt isn't really informing about anything, and its not persuading the reader to do anything, simply attempting to entertain the reader with a story.
The correct answer is "the Whiskey Rebellion takes place in western Pennsylvania". After the Revolutionary War, the US accumulated debts amounting to about 54 million US dollars of the time. Treasure Secretary Alexander Hamilton (under George Washington's government) decided to tax the production of whiskey to collect funds for the government. Many farmers of Western Pennsylvania fiercely rejected the measure since they produced home-made whiskey for additional income.
Answer:
The memoir would be less thorough in its discussion of the event.
Explanation:
The statement that is true about a live television report on the scene of a war, versus a
book written about the war years later, is the memoir would be less thorough in its discussion of the event.