LITERATURE

Question 5(a) to 5(c) are based on the abridged and simplified version of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist

NOTE
The candidate:
• Must ensure that there are no grammatical / expression errors, otherwise, he/she may lose marks.
• Must provide only one answer to any given question. If he/she provides two options and one of them is wrong, he/she loses all the marks for that question.
• Must ensure that all spellings are correct.
• May decide not to answer in complete sentences.

CHARLES DICKENS: Oliver Twist

“Oliver walked 70 miles to London. In such a big city, no one would ever find him!
It was chilly and his feet hurt but he was happy to leave his old, miserable life behind”

(a) Two of the people who treated Oliver badly, making him run away to London are

(b) An example of the use of contrast in the extract is ………

(c) “ ……the one item she had” was

MERRILL CORNEY: Debbie, Sandy and Pepe

“Well, we’ll just have to look after him ourselves then”, she said.
“We’ll make a soft nest for him and feed him and when he grows up, he will stay in our garden.”

(d) What did they choose for a nest for Pepe?

(e) Which figure of speech is mainly used in the extract?

The Dilemma of a Ghost

AMA ATA AIDOO:
My spirit Mother ought to have come for me earlier.
Now, what shall I tell them who are gone?
The daughter of slaves who come from the white man’s land.
Someone should advise me on how to tell my story.
My children, I am dreading my arrival there.
Where they will ask me news of home.
Shall I tell them or shall I not?

(f) Who is the speaker?

(g) What do the following expressions in the extract refer to?
(i) “……..who are gone?”
(ii) “………….there”.

LAWRENCE DARMANI: Scribbler’s Dream

Scribbler,
The dream in your mind fills the shelf.
When upon the shelf you gaze,
5 vacuum stares at you.
There is your quill and parchment
but heavy are your hands.
Why?
Because disuse numbs the wrist.

(h) What does “Scribbler” refer to?
(i) What does “The dream in your mind” refer to?