Answer:
A) the white boys taught him to eat in exchange for bread
Explanation:
The correct answer is metaphor.
A metaphor is a rhetorical figure of speech where two or more things are symbolically compared, without using the words such as like or as (because that would be a simile). This whole poem is symbolical/metaphorical - it talks about the passage of time and how everything is transient and fleeting.
Before the test we have studied enough to pass it.
It would be passive because if you evaluate the author and determine what the knowledge of the top are it would be passive i also know because we just did this like two weeks ago.
A external conflict is a struggle that pits a character against an outside force such as another character or even nature.
hope this helps :)