Question (a) to (c) are based on the abridged and simplified version of Charles Dicken's Oliver Twist.

Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(a) to 5(c).

5. CHARLES DICKENS: Oliver Twist

   
   

   'Mr. Bumble mad Oliver miserable and the boy couldn't wait to get away from the workhouse.'

1. Mr. Bumble made Oliver miserable because .....

2. ho is Mr. Bumble?

3. How did Mr. Bumble try to get rid of Oliver?

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

KEN SARO-WIWA: Home Sweet Home

"They came in the usual assortment of rags:gowns picked up from the stores of second-hand clothes traders, singlets bearing the words, Oxford University, mildewed blouses. Some women wore shirts that are meant for men; one of them was in a printed cotton nightgown that had fade beyond recognition."

4. They refers to .......

5. An imagery of .......... is created in the extract.

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

AMA ATA AIDOO: The Dilemma of a Ghost

EULALIE: Ya, I remember I bought the idea, but I got the feeling ...
ATO: Heavens, women! They are always getting feelings. First, you got the feeling you needed a couple of years to settle down and now you are obviously getting a feeling.

6. What idea did Eulalie buy?

7. What feeling has she got now?

8. How does Ato react to her feelings?

Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(i) to 5(j).

V.B AAKYE: The colour of God

How sily man is, laughs the rose
Why should he be black or white
Or green or yellow or even red?

9. The literary device used in laughs the rose is ...

10. According to the poem, what is the color of God?