Question

questions 15-21
\for me, it was a dramatic day\ by pierre salinger
1 for me, it was a dramatic day. i had left the white house on nov. 19 to accompany six members of jfks cabinet to an economic conference in tokyo. president kennedy had asked me to join the trip to organize his visit to tokyo, planned for february 1964, this would have been the first visit by an american president to japan since the end of world war ii.
2 we stopped in honolulu for three days for an important meeting on the vietnam crisis. early in the morning of nov. 22, the white house plane headed for tokyo. i was in the back reading the economic papers when suddenly somebody came and told me the six cabinet secretaries had to see me. they were in the office in the front of the plane. when i walked in, it was grim. they handed me a wire bulletin saying kennedy had been shot.
3 the plane turned around and headed back to honolulu, and i was instructed to take over the communications system and find out what had happened. when i connected with the white house, there was total confusion. for many minutes nothing was coming through clearly. about a half-hour after the plane had turned around, i heard in my ear: \wayside. stand by.\ wayside was my code name. about every 30 seconds for the next five minutes, i heard the same thing. then suddenly came a new message. \wayside. lancer is dead.\ lancer was the code name for president kennedy.
4 i was destroyed. i so admired and liked jfk. i had a feeling that not only was he lost but that my life was lost.
5 when we reached washington, a car took me to the white house. jfks body had just arrived in the east room and there was a short prayer service. jackie kennedy came up to me after the prayer and said hard had a terrible day and should sleep in the white house.

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directions: read the passage \for me, it was a dramatic day\. use the information provided in the passage to answer questions 15-21.

1. what is the authors purpose of \for me, it was a dramatic day\? (15)

a to reveal the authors sense of shock and loss at the news of kennedys death
b to show that lyndon b. johnson effectively took control of the country
c to warn that the government could easily be thrown into confusion
d to emphasize the authors personal relationship with kennedy and his family

Explanation:

The title frames the text as a personal account of the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The passage details the author's close professional and personal connection to Kennedy, his shock at the news of the assassination, and his personal grief ("I so admired and liked JFK. I had a feeling that not only was he lost but that my life was lost."). This personal framing and emotional focus show the author's purpose is to share his sense of shock and loss.

Answer:

A. To reveal the author's sense of shock and loss at the news of Kennedy's death