Answer:
past; third-person
Explanation:
Yes, the excerpt from The Conjure-Man Dies is written in the past tense, from a third-person point of view.
In the English language, a tense refers to an indicator telling when an action occurs, while the past tense refers to an action that has happened before. The third-person point of view refers to a story told from the perspective of another person (the third party). It often using words like 'he, she, they.'
