Question 3

```PASSAGE I

The children rushed out of school that afternoon innocently singing the song they had just learned: Rain, rain, go away.Go and come another day. Little children want to play. Rain, rain, go away
But they stopped abruptly when they looked up and saw dark clouds racing across the sky. These were signs of rain and the children were beside themselves with joy. Then they burst into yet another song:
The rains will soon come. The sky will be bright And the guns will boom

As they sang and danced, they were soon joined by their parents in their happiness. It was six months since it had last rained and all that time the farmers prayed for rain that would not come. The result was famine in the country for the land became so dry that new crops could not be sown and cassava could not be uprooted. The streams and the wells had also dried up and the people could find very little water for themselves and their livestock. Was it then strange that adults danced and sang like children in the hope that their troubles would soon be over? They were sure that the fetish priest‟s sacrifices would not be in vain.
But they woke up the next morning to find that the land was still dry; there was not a drop of rainwater anywhere.
Then they became angry and ran after the fetish priest. But he was gone before they could lynch him.```

Which of the following is true?

  • A.The people beat the fetish priest
  • B.It had rained for six months
  • C.There was little water to drink
  • D.The children did not want the rain
Objective

Question details

Exam body
BECE JHS
Subject
English Language
Year
2003
Question no.
#3
Type
Objective

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