Who is the first speaker in the poem?
A reporter
An army officer
It is not clear
Which of the questions hints at a religious dimension?
2
4
6
What does the word 'charred' in the line 'All the bones were charred' mean?
crushed
burned by fire
buried
To what are the paddy fields compared in Answer 5?
A water buffalo
A mirror
Bamboo
'The flight of moths in moonlight' contains an example of which literary device?
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Answer 3 is short and indirect. Why might this be?
The responder has not understood the question
The responder does not care
The memory of what has happened is too painful for the responder to think about
What line in Answer 6 suggests there may be some hope for the future?
'There is an echo yet'
'…their singing resembled the flight of moths in moonlight'
'Who can say?'