Question

the major asked me to have a drink with him and two other officers. we drank rum and it was very friendly. outside it was getting dark. i asked what time the attack was to be and they said as soon as it was dark. i went back to the drivers. they were sitting in the dugout talking and when i came in they stopped. i gave them each a package of cigarettes, macedonias, loosely packed cigarettes that spilled tobacco and needed to have the ends twisted before you smoked them. manera lit his lighter and passed it around. the lighter was shaped like a fiat radiator. i told them what i had heard. hemingway uses to develop the chara passage. done direct characterization indirect characterization

Explanation:

The passage reveals character traits through actions (sharing cigarettes, passing a lighter, interactions) and dialogue, rather than directly stating the characters' qualities. This matches the definition of indirect characterization.

Answer:

indirect characterization