"Flight" by Doris Lessing

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Across
  1. 3. What does he do after the couple gives him the gift? (7 letters)
  2. 4. What happens to the girl at the end of the story? (8 letters)
  3. 6. What figure of speech is used in the sentence “It quietened him, took the sting out of their tumbling like puppies on the grass (8 letters)
  4. 7. What does the title “Flight” mean? (6 letters)
  5. 8. What do Alice’s tears mean? (7 letters)
Down
  1. 1. Why does the writer devote so much attention to the description of the birds? (9 letters)
  2. 2. What figure of speech is used in the sentence “He stumped into the little whitewashed house, hearing the wooden veranda creak angrily under his feet”? (10 letters)
  3. 5. How does the old man feel when he is watching his favorite bird and the others flying and then returning? (9 letters)
  4. 7. What do the birds symbolize? (6 letters)