Select the choice that contains no shifts in either verb tense or point of view. A. The marigolds were blossoming just as a sudden hailstorm had been destroying all of my annual flowers. B. No sooner had the marigolds blossomed than a sudden hailstorm destroyed all of my annual flowers. C. A sudden hailstorm was destroying my annual flowers when the marigolds blossomed.

The choice that contains no shifts in either verb tense or point of view is:

B. No sooner had the marigolds blossomed than a sudden hailstorm destroyed all of my annual flowers.

Explanation:

Sentence B is in the past perfect tense, and is told in the third person point of view. A story in the third person point of view can be narrated with the use of "he," "she," "they," and "it".  The marigolds can be replaced with "they" and “a sudden hailstorm” can be replaced with "it" in the sentence.  Importantly, when a story is narrated in the third person point of view, the author or narrator talks about the characters by referring to them by their names or the usage of the third person pronouns mentioned above.

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.