PART A: Reading Comprehension: /7
Read the following selection, “The Most Powerful Question a Parent Can Ask…,”
and answer the multiple-choice questions to follow. 1) Which term best describes the phrase “heart of the matter” (paragraph 1)?
A. cliché
B. dialect
C. allusion
D. hyperbole
2) According to the article, what is the most powerful question a parent can ask?
A. “are your mother’s old values working for you and, just as importantly, are they
working for your children?” (paragraph 4)
B. “What kind of children do you want to raise?” (paragraph 5)
C. “Will Homer Simpson help your son to respect his ‘self’ and the ones he loves?”
(paragraph 8)
D. “will you picking up their…underwear help them to become responsible for their own lives?”
(paragraph 8)
3. What is the purpose of the reference to the Maasai leader (paragraph 12)?
A. to encourage parents to make their children work harder
B. to show that children are capable of taking on important roles
C. to demonstrate how children may be over-worked in various cultures
D. to suggest that a simple life is preferable to one with modern conveniences
4.Which method of development is predominant in the article?
A. expert testimony
B. anecdotal evidence
C. historical reference
D. pro and con argument
5) Which word best describes the writer’s tone?
A. ironic
B. objective
C. persuasive
D. empathetic
6) According to the article, which statement best describes children who are raised
without responsibility?
A. They may become lazy adults.
B. They may grow into adulthood slowly.
C. They may question authority and act without caution.
D. They may show disrespect toward others and their environment.
7) With reference to Figure 1, which statement about students is supported by the
information in the table?
A. Students who hold no job achieve the highest grades.
B. Male and female students are equally affected by working long hours.
C. Students who work short hours have the most positive school experience.
D. Male and female students who hold no job participate more in extracurricular activities than
do others. PART B: Poetry /13
Read the poem below, and answer the questions. a) Find 2 examples of similes in the poem. What do they contribute to the work? [4]
b) List and explain an example of personification in the poem? [2]
c) The lines 5-6 "he didn't fight. He hadn't fought at all" how is irony incorporated in the poem.
Provide any other lines from the poem that highlight this irony.[4]
d) What is/are the tone(s) of the poem? what does it say about the speaker's attitude?
Provide the line reference in your explanation. [3] PART C: Essay
Read the short story “Girl” (on the following page)
Write a persuasive essay (Introduction, body, conclusion) on:
How does gender shape our identity? What role does society play in this?
You may want to use a literary theory (covered in the course to argue your points. ( 350-600 words) [20 marks] Jamaica Kincaid “Girl”
Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on
Tuesday and put them on the clothesline to dry; don't walk barehead in the hot sun; cook
pumpkin fritters in very hot sweet oil; soak your little cloths right after you take them off; when
buying cotton to make yourself a nice blouse, be sure that it doesn't have gum on it, because
that way it won't hold up well after a wash; soak salt fish overnight before you cook it; is it true
that you sing benna in Sunday school?; always eat your food in such a way that it won't turn
someone else's stomach; on Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the tramp you are so
bent on becoming; don't sing benna in Sunday school; you mustn't speak to wharf–rat boys, not
even to give directions; don't eat fruits on the street—flies will follow you; but I don't sing
benna on Sundays at all and never in Sunday school; this is how to sew on a button; this is how
to make a button–hole for the button you have just sewed on; this is how to hem a dress when
you see the hem coming down and so to prevent yourself from looking like the tramp I know
you are so bent on becoming; this is how you iron your father's khaki shirt so that it doesn't
have a crease; this is how you iron your father's khaki pants so that they don't have a crease;
this is how you grow okra—far from the house, because okra tree harbors red ants; when you
are growing dasheen, make sure it gets plenty of water or else it makes your throat itch when
you are eating it; this is how you sweep a corner; this is how you sweep a whole house; this is
how you sweep a yard; this is how you smile to someone you don't like too much; this is how
you smile to someone you don't like at all; this is how you smile to someone you like
completely; this is how you set a table for tea; this is how you set a table for dinner; this is how
you set a table for dinner with an important guest; this is how you set a table for lunch; this is
how you set a table for breakfast; this is how to behave in the presence of men who don't know
you very well, and this way they won't recognize immediately the tramp I have warned you
against becoming; be sure to wash every day, even if it is with your own spit; don't squat down
to play marbles—you are not a boy, you know; don't pick people's flowers—you might catch
something; don't throw stones at blackbirds, because it might not be a blackbird at all; this is
how to make a bread pudding; this is how to make doukona; this is how to make pepper pot;
this is how to make a good medicine for a cold; this is how to make a good medicine to throw
away a child before it even becomes a child; this is how to catch a fish; this is how to throw back
a fish you don't like, and that way something bad won't fall on you; this is how to bully a man;
this is how a man bullies you; this is how to love a man; and if this doesn't work there are other
ways, and if they don't work don't feel too bad about giving up; this is how to spit up in the air if
you feel like it, and this is how to move quick so that it doesn't fall on you; this is how to make
ends meet; always squeeze bread to make sure it's fresh; but what if the baker won't let me feel the bread?; you mean to say that after all you are really going to be the kind of woman who the
baker won't let near the bread?

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