Question

Read this excerpt about Angel Island, an immigration station in the 1900s.

"They grilled us incessantly day after day,” said Don Kingman, a Chinese man who was, in fact, born in Oakland, California. At the age of five, his family moved to Hong Kong. But when he returned at age eighteen, he was sent through Angel Island. "They asked insignificant questions which were significant for them. How many steps do you have in front of your house? What did your mother have for breakfast? What is the name of your grandmother?”

Which point of view does this excerpt use?

only first-person point of view
only third-person point of view
first- and third-person point of view
second- and third-person point of view

Answer 1

first- and third-person point of view

Explanation: The narrator uses third-person (e.g., "said Don Kingman," "At the age of five..."), while Don Kingman's quoted speech uses first-person ("They grilled us..."), so both first- and third-person perspectives appear.