PART C
LITERATURE
[10 marks]
Answer all the questions in this part.
SACKEY J.A and DARMANI L. (COMP): The Cockcrow
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).
CHARLES DICKENS: Oliver Twist
"You know why, son. If a rich and successful man marries a woman whose name is stained because of her birth, it will be quite sad indeed .... wicked people will not let her forget her past, even though it's not her fault."
son and rich and successful man refer to ......
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The speaker is ..........
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.. a woman whose name is stained because of her birth ...
How did her birth stain her name?
Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(d) to 5(e).
LAWRENCE DARMANI: Sosu and the Bukari Boys
"Sosu felt his parents were very mean; otherwise, why did they give him such a small amount of money? Look at his friend, Bukari, who always brought a lot of money to school! ... Bukari's father dropped him at school every day while he and Vivian had to walk."
The extract brings out the theme of ......
The main literary device used in the extract is ......
Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(f) to 5(h).
AMA ATA AIDOO: The Dilemma of a Ghost
MONKA: The master-scholar was sitting on the chair studying, so he could not move off!
Monka needed the chair because .......
The scene of this extract is .......
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The master-scholar refers to .........
Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(i) to 5(j).
LADE WOSORNU: Desert Rivers
Without a sound
They gush out into the bowels of the seas
Far, far away from the unaided human eyes
If you cannot see our tears
It does not mean we do not cry.
Water/Rivers as used in the poem are symbols of ......
If you cannot see our tears
It does not mean we do not cry.
The above lines bring out the theme of .........