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Read the Extract Given Below and Answer the Question that Follow. When the Narrator Spoke to the Old Man About the Pigeon Cage, What Does this Reveal About Him?

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“If you are rested I would go,” I urged. “Get up and try to walk now.”
“Thank you,” he said and got to his feet, swayed from side to side and then sat down backwards in the dust.
“I was taking care of animals,” he said dully, but no longer to me. “I was only taking care of animals.”
There was nothing to do about him. It was Easter Sunday and the Fascists were advancing toward the Ebro. It was a grey overcast day with a low ceiling so their planes were not up. That and the fact that cats know how to look after themselves was all the good luck that the old man would ever have.

Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.

When the narrator spoke to the old man about the pigeon cage, what does this reveal about him?

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When the narrator speaks to the old man about the pigeon cage it reveals that he cares for the old man.

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Chapter 2.02: Old Man at the Bridge - Passage 5

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Chapter 2.02 Old Man at the Bridge
Passage 5 | Q 1

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