Vultures by Chinua Achebe

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English
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9th Grade
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Miss Detheridge
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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"
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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"
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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"
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What animal is the officer likened to in the poem?
Crow
Magpie
Eagle
Vulture
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
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