The following question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B.
Part A:
Which of the following describes the narration of "How Bess Managed Tom"?
A
.
first person
B
.
second person
C.
third person
D.
a combination of first and third person
Multiple Select Question
Part B:
Identify the two best details from the text that support the type of narration you chose in part A.
A
.
Tom says to Nell "I'm reading."
B
.
Tom says to Nell "I'd like to know."
C
.
The narrator refers to Tom and Nell as "they."
D
.
Nell says to Tom "take your great boots off the window–sill."
E
.
Bess is called "she" and Tom is called "he" in various parts of the text.
F
.
Nell wonders to Bess "why you would always want that boy on your elbow."
Part A: C. third person
Part B: C. The narrator refers to Tom and Nell as "they."
E. Bess is called "she" and Tom is called "he" in various parts of the text.