Based from reading this short passage, I believe that the authors point in this above was to practically give information above the word "solar flares". And by the author doing this, he would be giving the reader citing points of this.
Your answer: <span> It cites expert testimony about solar flares.
I would say that this would most likely be the answer mainly because when citing, this would mean that there would be an expert that would study basic needs and understanding this kind of things to understand.</span>
Answer:
First, we should read this passage 2 or 3 times, then find all the keywords and ideas and then expand them into a summary:
<em>knelt, kissing, worshiped, vision of a baby, scratched his wrist, slipped out of the house</em>
She worshiped him and showed that by kneeling and kissing his hand, but the vision of the baby face reminded her of something bad, so she scratched his wrist and slipped out of the house immediately.
Answer:
the physical environment where the story takes place
the time period during which the events occur
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