Big Water%0D%0Aby Andrea Curtis%0D%0A%0D%0AI 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!”%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AExcerpt from Big Water by Andrea Curtis. Printed with permission by Orca Book Publishers%0D%0A%0D%0AQuestion%0D%0AUse the excerpt from “Big Water” to answer the question.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat detail from the text best supports the analysis that the narrator has a fever?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AShe feels weak.%0D%0AShe feels weak.%0D%0A%0D%0AHer friend is allowed to walk on his own.%0D%0AHer friend is allowed to walk on his own.%0D%0A%0D%0AShe does not want to be touched.%0D%0AShe does not want to be touched.%0D%0A%0D%0AHer forehead is on fire.

Answer 1

The detail from the text that best supports the analysis that the narrator has a fever is "Her forehead is on fire." This phrase indicates a high body temperature, a common symptom of fever.