First-Person Point of View in Fever 1793

Question 1

Who is the story’s first-person narrator?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

a young girl

Question 2

Which three thoughts and feelings do we learn about the narrator?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

She would like to leave the city before it is too late.; She would rather work hard than become sick.; She believes cold weather will kill the fever.

Question 3

Which three details from the passage describe the setting of the story?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the flies buzzing above the bowl; bright sun; garden looked distressingly poor

Question 4

What does this quotation from the beginning of the chapter add to the story?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The quotation connects the story to the feelings of a real person who experienced the outbreak.

First-Person Point of View in Fever 1793 Answers