In the story "the devil and tom walker" why is it important that tom has no bible with him when he answer the three knocks on his door?

The basketball crashed against the backboard, and point guard sheena lunged for it. as she snatched the ball out of mid-air, the crowd cheered, chanting encouragement for her team, the monarchs. so far, the game had been a disaster. with 15 seconds left to go in the final quarter, the monarchs were 2 points shy of victory. what main idea do the details in the passage suggest? the point guard sheena was not a very good player. the monarchs had never lost a basketball game. the monarchs were worried about losing. the crowd was not supporting the monarchs.

What is most likely nelson mandela's purpose of using third person point of view after introducing himself in his introductory paragraphs

Insert comma today we went to the store to the post office and to the park