The correct answer is Very young owls grow slowly.
Here, the adverb is <em>very </em>and the adjective is <em>young, </em>so the adverb is used to modify the adjective, or to show a particular degree of the adjective (how young? very young.).
In the rest of the options, there is only one adverb <em>slowly, </em>and it's not modifying an adjective, but rather the verb.
Answer: Dismemberment is the first step he took.
Explanation:
In the story he says, “First of all I dismembered the corpse.”
Answer:
Because the elephant, like a huge and costly piece of machinery
Explanation:
One reason why shooting an elephant is a big deal is because the elephant, like a "huge and costly piece of machinery," performs valuable work. This conveys the sense of hubris that he has when he attempts to take this large creature down
The sentence that best reveals the context is: "With the end of the cold war there was the creeping concern that without a focus for hatred and distrust, a sense of national identity would evaporate, that the left side of the hyphen—African-American, Mexican-American, Irish-American—would overwhelm the right."
By reading "...the end of the cold war...", the reader infers the time the story is set in. The Cold War started after the Second World War (1945) and ended in 1991 with the end of the Soviet Union.
In addition, by reading "...the left side of the hyphen - African-American, Mexican-American, Irish-American - would overwhelm the right", readers can deduce that the author is referring to the US and its fear of loosing a sense of nationalism and unity among its diverse population.
In all, the setting is the US in the early 90's because of the reference to the end of the Cold War and the fear of not being unified anymore.
