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Read the poem and answer the question. Market Morning The market wakes before the sun, a thousand voices braided into one; tomatoes blush in pyramids of red, and yams lie sleeping in their dusty bed. A child counts change with careful thumbs, the drummer's echo, then the trader comes, and all the noise, the haggling and the cries, are how a city learns to harmonise. (An original poem written for AdmitMe practice.)

'a thousand voices braided into one' suggests

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Answer: C. many voices blending into a single sound

Braiding joins many strands into one.

An AdmitMe practice question, written for the JAMB syllabus. Not an official past question.

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