Question

Read the excerpt from "Bone Detective," by Lorraine Jean Hopping. Diane picked up one of the skull casts in her lab and held it up to her visitors to see. She pointed out two rounded gaps in the teeth on either side of the jaw. "This guy smoked a pipe," she explained. "He started on one side and then, when the pipe ground down the teeth, he had to switch to the other." Which statement best describes Hopping's viewpoint and purpose in this excerpt? The author views Diane as a clever scientist and includes this excerpt to inform readers about Diane's sharp reasoning skills. The author views Diane as a thoughtful scientist and includes this excerpt to encourage readers to develop their minds. The author views Diane as a humorous scientist and includes this excerpt to entertain readers with funny stories. The author views Diane as a skillful scientist and includes this excerpt to persuade readers to use scientific techniques to solve problems.

Answer 1

Answer:

" In the aforementioned excerpt, the author wants to show the reader how strong this bond is by mentioning an occasion in which Diane Frances knew in detail about a deceased person's smoking habits just by looking at the teeth in their skull.

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Answer 2

The statement which best describes Hopping's viewpoint and purpose in this excerpt is the following one:

The author views Diane as a clever scientist and includes this excerpt to inform readers about Diane's sharp reasoning skills.

Lorraine Jean Hopping wants the reader to be impressed by the acuteness of Diane France's reasoning skills. Diane, a forensic anthropologist, is often at crime scenes or sites where tragedies took place in order to find out the unexplained reasons for what happened. She is very clever and also very "close" to the skeletons she runs into along the way. Hence the way she refers to them: "This guy smoked a pipe." In the aforementioned excerpt, the author wants to show the reader how strong this bond is by mentioning an occasion in which Diane Frances knew in detail about a deceased person's smoking habits just by looking at the teeth in their skull.