LITERATURE

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

CHARLES DICKENS: Oliver Twist

“stop, thief!” he shouted, thinking Oliver had robbed him. The poor boy found himself heing chased by people and even dogs! Someone in the crowd, a young man with purple lips and red sores all over his hands, grabbed Oliver and knocked him down…”

(Page 109)

(a) The one described as a young man with purple lips and red sores all over his hands is ………

(b) Why did the ‘young man with purple lips and red sores all over his hands’ want to harm Oliver?

(c) How did Mr. Brownlow help Oliver at the end of the story?

Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(d) and 5(e)

KEN SARO-WIWA: Home Sweet Home

“Born, say, our young Miss has arrived heavily laden with all the good things of this earth. I should think Dukana will soon float on a sea of wealth”
(Page 178)

(d) Who is referred to as our young Miss?

(e) The library device used in heavily laden with all the good things of the earth is………

Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(f) to 5(h)

AMA ATA AIDOO: The Dilemma of a Ghost

“X: It was a couple of days ago that we met. What came out of the meeting is that we must come and ask you and your wife what is preventing you from giving your grandmother a great-grandchild before she leaves us.”
(Act 4, Page 66)
(f) The speaker represented by ‘X’ in the extract is…….

(g) According to Ato, what is preventing him and his wife from having children?

(h) The figure of speech that describes she leaves us in the extract is……….

Read the following extract carefully and answer Question 5(i) and 5(j)

THERESA ENNIN: Makola

“Head bent, rags all around the upside down pan
Picking her nose, shuffling her feet, oblivious to the bustle”
(Page 158)

(i) Write one group of words in the extract that brings out the theme of uncleanliness.

(j) The words Head bent, rags all around the upside down pan appeal to the reader’s sense of…….