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

KEN SARO-WIWA: Home Sweet Home

"My friend, Sira, was Waale's only daughter. As I said, we had grown up together, and had attended school together. She had not been able to complete her elementary schooling, although she was a brilliant girl."

(Page 181)

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

AMA ATA AIDOO: The Girl Who Can

"They say that I was born in Hasodzi; and it is a very big village in the Central Region of our country, Ghana ......"

(Page 142)

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

AMA ATA AIDOO: The Dilemma of a Ghost

MONKA [To herself]: I remember the time he was preparing to go to the white man's land ......
 The money ...... the money ...... This is something which no one should hear anything about.

(Act 3, Page 56)

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

EVELYN TOOLEY HUNT: Mama Is a Sunrise

When she comes slip-footing through the door,
she kindles us
like lump coal lighted
and we wake up glowing.

(Page 184)

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

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."

(Page 122)

Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions (d) and (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."

(Page 150)

Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions (f) and (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!

(Act 1, Page 31)

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

(Page 15)

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

CHARLES DICKENS: Oliver Twist

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

(Page 104)

KEN SARO-WIWA: Home Sweet Home

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

"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."

(Page 178)

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

(Act 2, Page 46)

Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions (i) and (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?

SACKEY J.A AND DARMINI L(COMP): The Cockcrow

Questions 5(a) to 5(c) are based on the abridged and simplified version of Charles Dicken's Oliver Twist.

 

CHARLES DICKENS: Oliver Twist

"Oliver was given a slice of bread and a simple outfit with a brown cap to wear outside. He meekly followed him outside the workhouse to his new home. Once there, he was brought before a committee of ten men"

 

5a. Write the name of the one referred to as "him" in the extract.

5b. One thing Oliver learns from "committee of ten men" is..........

5c. How does Oliver react to the information he gets from the committee?

 

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

 

PETER PAUL ADOLINAMA; Ripples

"Abi, which of your sons died recently or was it your business which collapsed?............ You have not been yourself these few days"

 

5d. Identify the speaker in the extract.

5e. What is Abi worried about?

 

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

 

AMA ATA AIDOO: The Dilemma of a Ghost.

1^st WOMAN:

If her son gets goodly bag by the month.

Why has Esi Kom still not..........

2^nd WOMAN: They never ask "Why".

Is it not the young man's wife?

1^st WOMAN: What has she done now?

2^nd WOMAN: Listen. I hear she swallows money

As a hen does corn.

 

5f. Who is referred to "the young man's wife?

5g. State the literary device used in "Is it not the young man's wife"?.

5h. What is the meaning of "she swallows money as a hen does corn"?

 

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

 

A. A. AMOAKO: Sleep Without Wake

"You put me through my infant paces

On Gold Coast Ga ShikpƆŋ

Taa taa, tuu tuu, in your maternal steps,

Maame Tutuaa, condolences!"

 

5i. Identify the main literacy device used in the title of the poem Sleep Without Wake.

5j. The words Taa taa, tuu tuu appeal to the reader's sense of............

SACKEY J.A AND DARMINI L(COMP): The Cockcrow

 

Question 5(a) to 5(c) are based on the abridged on 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 being 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]

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

KEN SARO-WIWA; Home Sweet Home

 

"Bom, say, our young Miss has arrived heavily laden with all the good things of the earth. I should think Dakuna will soon float on a sea of wealth".

[page 178]

 

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

5(e) The literary device used in heavily laden with all the good things of the earth is............

 

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

 

AMA ATA AIDOO: The Dilemma of a Ghost.

 

"X: It was a couple of days ago that w 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]

 

5(f) The speaker represented by 'X' in the extract is............?

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

5(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]

 

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

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

SACKEY J. A. AND DARMINI L (C0MP): The Cockcrow

 

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

 

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 but he was happy to leave his old, miserable life behind."

[page 107]

 

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

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

"I robbed her. Before her body cold,

I robbed her of the one item she had.

She could have sold it for food or shelter

But she kept it safe,............."

5(c) ".............. the one item she had" was ................

 

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

 

MERRILL CORNEY: Debbies, Sandy and Pepe

"Well, we'll just have to look after him ourselves there", she said.

"We'll make a soft nest for him and feed him when she grows up,

He will stay in the in our garden."

[page 8]

 

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

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

 

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

 

AMA ATAA AIDOO:The Dilemma of a Ghost.

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?

 

5(f) Who is the speaker?

5(g) What do the following expressions in the extract refer to?

(I) "............ who are gone?"

(II)"............ there".

 

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

 

LAWRENCE DARMANI: Scribbler's Dream

Scribbler,

The dream in your minds 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.

 

5(h) What does "Scribbler" refer to?

5(i) What does "The dream in your" refer to?

SACKEY J. A. AND DARMINI L (COMP): The Cockcrow

 

Questions 5(a) to 5(c) are based on one of the prescribed short stories for your study.

Provide short answer to them.

 

MERRILL CORNEY: Debbies, Sandy and Pepe

(a) What is referred to as Poor little thing the story?

(b) What is the setting of the story?

(c) The attitude of the girls to the baby bird is that of............

 

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

 

KAAKYIRE AKOSOMO NYANTAKYI: Tell My Son to Hold On to His Gun

"Be courageous, be courageous, Kwame, be courageous!"

"I will be, Father, I will be" I answered,

and entered the thick forest......

[page 93]

 

(d) Be courageous, be courageous, Kwame, be courageous is an example of the use of a literary device term...............

(e) How did Kwame show that he was courageous at the end of the story?

 

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

 

JEAN WATSON: The Old Man And His Children

One there was an old man who had seven sons.

They should have been his pride and joy.

But they were not.

[page 17]

 

(f) The above extract is a/an............ to a story.

(g) The idea expression in the second sentence is that of............

 

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

 

AMA ATAA AIDOO: The Dilemma of a Ghost

Yes, my young woman, I shall remember you.

I shall remember you in the hours of the night

In my sleepless sleep.

[page 62

 

(h) "............ young woman" refers to............

(i) The ' sleepless sleep' of the speaker is caused by............

(j) "............ sleepless sleep" shows that the speaker is ............