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Prologue and Chapter 1: "Where Do Old Birds Go to Die?"

1. What phrase does the narrator use to describe "when the sun has gone out but the light has not" (5) in the Prologue?
(a) "The magic hour."
(b) "The golden hour."
(c) "The witching hour."
(d) "The silent hour."

2. From what types of trees does the narrator describe the flying foxes unhinging themselves in the Prologue?
(a) Elm trees.
(b) Banyan trees.
(c) Willow trees.
(d) Oak tree.

3. In the Prologue, the narrator describes the flying foxes as they "drift across the city like smoke" (5). What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Simile.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Flashback.

4. What come home after the bats leave, according to the narrator in the Prologue?
(a) The crows.
(b) The doves.
(c) The bears.
(d) The wolves.

5. For how long does the narrator say the white-backed vultures have been the custodians of the dead in the Prologue?
(a) Over 20 million years.
(b) Over 100 million years.
(c) Over 500 million years.
(d) Over 40 million years.

6. What poison has killed the white-backed vultures?
(a) Diclofenac.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) Arsenic.
(d) Agent Orange.

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