Read the excerpt from "A Byte Out of History.”
Cooper was a quiet man who appeared to be in his mid-forties, wearing a business suit with a black tie and white shirt. He ordered a drink [. . .] while the flight was waiting to take off. A short time after 3:00 p.m., he handed the stewardess a note indicating that he had a bomb in his briefcase and wanted her to sit with him.
The stunned stewardess did as she was told. Opening a cheap attaché case, Cooper showed her a glimpse of a mass of wires and red colored sticks and demanded that she write down what he told her. Soon, she was walking a new note to the captain of the plane that demanded four parachutes and $200,000 in twenty-dollar bills.
Which would most increase a reader’s understanding of the text?
an explanation of who Cooper talked to on the plane
a description of the weather conditions during the flight
a photograph of the airplane
a drawing of what Cooper looked like