I need help with the marionettes

Used for an event that has been completed before the present moment in time. simple past past perfect perfect progressive past perfect progressive

Read the passage. when mother’s fever persisted for a week, father summoned our family doctor. dr. blakemore applied leeches to mother’s skin in hopes of reducing the amount of blood in her body. despite the doctor’s efforts, she languished in bed for three more days before her appetite returned and she requested a thin broth. our dear cook, mrs. davis, prepared the broth and delivered it to my mother directly, eager to ease her discomfort. what can readers infer about the time period of the passage?

Which statement explains why elie wiesel most likely wrote all rivers run to the sea as a memoir