Vultures by Chinua Achebe

What quotation reveals that the vultures are capable of love?

•  “grinned at life in empty joy”

• “crumps and lice and lack of rum”

• "nestled close to his mate"

• "Bent double like old beggars under sacks"

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What quotation shows that the officer works burning human bodies?

• "fumes of human roast clinging rebelliously to his hairy nostrils"

• “crumps and lice and lack of rum”

• “smug-faced crowds with kindling eye”

• "Bent double like old beggars under sacks"

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What quotation shows that the officer shows love to his children?

• "nestled close to his mate"

• “crumps and lice and lack of rum”

• “smug-faced crowds with kindling eye”

• "pick up a chocolate for his tender offspring"

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What is a vulture?

• a bird of prey that feeds on decaying vegetation

• a bird of prey that feeds on decaying fungi

• a bird of prey that feeds on decaying wood

• a bird of prey that feeds on decaying flesh

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What is the poem generally about?

• A soldier who has been injured in a war.

• The impact of war; how wonderful it is for everyone involved.

• The atrocities of which humans are capable.

• The discovery of Allied soldiers' remains in a wood.

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What animal is the officer likened to in the poem?

• Crow

• Magpie

• Eagle

• Vulture

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What is a predator?

• an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals.

• an animal that eats vegetation.

• an animal that uses another as a host for survival.

• an animal that hunts and eats other animals.

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What does allude mean?

• to mean something else.

• to refer to something else.

• to mean the opposite of something.

• to escape or miss something.

What does showing the officer picking up chocolate for his children suggest?

• Everybody shows love, especially to their children.

• Nobody can show love unless they have children.

• Even the cruellest of beings can show sparks of love.

• Even the nicest of beings can show sparks of love.

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What technique does the poem use?

• Extended simile

• Extended repetition

• Extended metaphor

• Extended juxtaposition

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