In Fever 1793, Mattie's narration helps readers understand her family's place in society by

stating the number of people living in Philadelphia.
describing mosquitoes, blowflies, and hornets buzzing.
describing her garden as looking distressingly poor.
noting that her family is able to buy food at the market.

D - noting that her family is able to buy groceries.

Explanation:

This shows Mattie's family is not poor and they have the means to buy food Plus, this was correct on my test.

D - noting that her family is able to buy groceries.

Explanation:

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.