I need help like right now anyone please help The question has been asked many times if I believed then that the Maine was blown up from the outside. My answer to this has been that my first order on reaching the deck was to post sentries [guards] about the ship. I knew that the Maine had been blown up, and believed that she had been blown up from the outside. Therefore I ordered a measure which was intended to guard against attack. There was the sound of many voices from the shore, suggestive of cheers.

Read this account of the explosion from the ship’s captain. As you read, identify which statements are facts and which are opinions.

Which of these are opinions, rather than facts, as stated by Captain Sigsbee? Check all that apply.

The ship had blown up.
The explosion occurred outside the ship.
The captain posted sentries about the ship.
The captain heard voices from shore.
People on shore were cheering after the explosion.