Use the excerpt from “Big Water” By Andrea Curtis to answer the question.

I don’t have time to think about how strange these words sound, how little I feel like a child, before I am half carried, half dragged down the dock, men smelling of sweat and wood and coal pushing in on either side of me. I am still weak, my forehead on fire once again, and I let them lift me, though I don’t like their arms around my waist, though I want to turn back to Eva to say, Thank you, thank you for your berries and your kindness. Thank you, Henry, for keeping us safe when there was no one else. Daniel is beside me, though he is allowed to walk on his own. I can hear him talking to the men, but I can’t make out the words. There are shouts all around us. “The Asia! Survivors! Make way! Survivors!”

What detail from the text best supports the analysis that the narrator has a fever?
A) She does not want to be touched.
B) Her friend is allowed to walk on his own.
C) Her forehead is on fire.
D) She feels weak.

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18 days ago

C) Her forehead is on fire.

This detail directly indicates that the narrator has a fever, as a high temperature is a common symptom.