Answer: This passage from Chapter 31 is Scout's exercise in thinking about the world from Boo Radley's perspective.
The author makes the argument that people are no longer reading books; instead they are watching tv and playing on their phones.
As a result, the author argues that ebooks will not save the industry; he ends his article by saying "the light at the end of the tunnel" is really a "speeding train" barreling toward us. By this he means that ebooks are not a source of hope but rather of destruction.
The correct answer to your question is... Active
Reasoning:
The speaker sounds like they are alone right now, so the voice would be active.
The correct answer is option number two: "Precision marching and iron discipline marked the most successful armies. Great Britain had one of the best in Europe."
The reason is obvious. George Washington needed to transform his band of 'liberty loving and independent-minded colonists' into a disciplined force that would be a match for the highly trained and regimented British soldiers he would face in battle.