ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS PAPER, Section A Poetry Section 4 READ BOTH POEMS BELOW AND, FOR EACH, ANSWER ALL TEN QUESTIONS WHICH FOLLOW. Poem 1 These papers have been devised and structured in a way similae to the CSEC® papers. As a result they resemble the papers you will meetin the examination room, ‘You will therefore, find them good examination practice. Doing them will help to give you a feel forthe exam itself 2018-2028 Syllabus Practice Paper ENGLISH B Paper 01 ~ General Proficiency 2hours P aaa A Story Wet as Tears Remember the princess who kissed the frog 0 he became a prince? At fst they danced all weekend, toasted each other inthe mozning with coffe, with champagne at night and alvays with kisses. Peshaps it was in bed after the fist year had ground around she noticed he had become cold with her. She had to sleep ‘with a heating pad and down comforter. 10. His manner grew increasingly chilly and damp when she entered a room He spent his time in watersports, hydroponics, working on his insect colton, 18 Then in the third year when she sai ta him one day my dearest, ae you taking your vitamins daly, you look quite green, he leaped away fom he. 20 finaly on thee fifth anniversary she confronted him. “My precious, don't you love me any ore?” He replied ‘Rive. Rivet. ‘Though courtship turns fogs into princes, 25 marviage tuins them quietly back. Marge Perey 0Dan solid ground, 1 this poem, there isa striking diference between courtship at ‘atiage, in that '\ courtship is happy and spontaneous whereas mariage is boring and routine 3 courtship is warm and accepting whereas martage is abusive and routine © courtship is spontaneous and funny whereas marriage is conventional and lonely. D courtship is spirited and warm whereas manage is boring and traditional. ‘he poern begins with a question, evidently directed at A princes, in particular. 8 Frogs in general © the storyteller. D the reader or listener. in his poem, the poet utes all EXCEPT which ofthe ‘ibuing? A Alusion 8 ind thyme Water imagery D Extended metaphor ‘nyhat way are the words “My precious, don't you love me ynote?” He replied, “Rivet. Rivet." (lines 22-23) ironic? A The frog is becoming areen and leaping from the princess. 8 The husband has returned to being his tre self Che kiss has worn off andthe prince is tying to speak, The frog is no longer precious and the princess knows it Ty fist year ground around’ i effective because It suggests fnythe marriage was A happy one. Bander much strain and stress, C tke « memy-go-round, 10 Which ofthe following BEST describes the tone ofthis poem? A Conversational B Formal © Analytical D Didactic “Two possible meanings of ‘you look quite green’ ine 18) are that the husband is A. areen and he is turing into a frog. BB unwell and is turing into a fog, € a frog and is geen with envy. unwell and greedy. “he had become cold with er’ (lines 7-8) isan example of hich ofthe following? A Personfication B Metaphor C Eupherism D Oxymoron ‘What is TRUE about the frog in this poom? He ‘A. symbolizes the man inthe relationship. B isos the princes. C dishes water sports D ‘epresents the animal kingdom. ‘Which of these is a prominent device used in this poem? A. The use of irony B Asonnet format C A ballad sivle D Arefrain Marymount High School P.O. Box 31, Highgate St MaryPoem 2 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Whose woods these ae | think | now, His house i in the vila, though He will aot ste me stopping here Twat is woos fil up wth snow. 5 Mylitle horse must think it queer “To stop without a farmhouse near Between the waods and frozen lake ‘The darkest evening ofthe year He gives his harness bells a shake 10 To askif there is some mistake The only other sound's the sweep (Of easy wind and downy fake ‘The woods are lovely. dark and dee, But | have promises to keep, 15. And miles to-go before | sleep, nd miles to go before | seep. Robert Fost Questions. 1 The speaker is attracted tothe woods because A itisiled with snow. B itis beautiful and intriguing, ci ceaiviel > RSet lt 2 Which in suas ht he speaker’ opin’ suns oe oda? ‘A. "The darkest evening ofthe year (ine 8) B The woods are lovely, dark and deep’ (line 13) C “To watch his woods fil up with snow’ (ine 4) D Mj litle horse must think it queer (line 5) Contrast is evident in all ofthe folowing EXCEPT the 'A wishes of the horse and those ofthe rider. B the woods and the house inthe village. tthe doumy fake and darkness snow and frozen lake Which ofthe following is MOST effective in enhancing the feeling of solitude, peacefulness and isolation? A Assonance B Alteration Personifcation D Internal rhyme According to lines 5-6 and 9-10, the horse might be symbolic of A anature lover. B commonsense. idealism. D a beast of burden, The poet relies MAINLY on the following pair of devices to convey his message, ‘A Couplets and quatrains 'B Couplets and altemate rhyme € Alternate thyme and blank verse Couples and blank verse ‘The stanzas are BEST described as A free verse. B quatains. couples. D asonnet ‘The overall mood of the poem is one of ‘A nostalgia and longing. B compassion and uncertainty sadness and regret D peace and calm.a 9 Which of the flowing enhances mtn or inti? A "The woods re lovey, dark and dep (ine 13) B ‘Tovaich his woods up ith now (ne 8) ‘Hewat sce me sopping hen ine “Ofeasy wind and downy fae’ ne 12) 10 Which thee represents major cons in tht poem? The cons between fo A palin ofthe man AND the ipatneof the hore Bouse inthe vilage AND the farouse neat CC wood and zen ake AND th rest ever of the yur lovely, dt and deep woods AND the em man on his hoe, _ Section 8 Drama READ BOTH EXTRACTS BELOW AND, FOR EACH, ANSWER ALL TEN QUESTIONS WHICH FOLLOW, Extract 1 Water, iwi Rath nd te son share an apartment with Waker’ mothe andi sit, fathered cen ar eo Sr Th ete woh hs be are company sto dele, nde nee apache fron ‘thousand dollars. pone es ‘Damn the Eggs’ WALTER: You know what I was thinking "bout inthe bathroom, this moming? mrt No, waster: How come you always try to be so pleasant? ‘What is there to be pleasant "bout? ‘warner: You want to know what Iwas thinking bout inthe bathroom or not? mt 1 know what you thinking "bout ‘wale ignoring ber}: Bout what me and Willy Harts was talking 0 ‘about last night. RUTH limmeciately ~c zelrain}: Wille Hats i a good-for-nothing loud ‘mouth, Wwactes: Anybody who talks to me has got to be a good-for- nothing loud mouth, aint h? And what you know about 6 ‘whois just a good-for-nothing loud mouth? Charlie [Atkins was usta ‘good-for-nothing loud mouth’ too, wasn't he! When he wanted me to goin the dry-cleaning business with him and now ~ he's grossing ‘ hundied thousand a year. hundied thousand dollars » 2 year! You sil call him a oudmouth! Un fattrty: Oh Walter Lee [Sho folds har hands on her arms over the tale] WALTER (rising and coming to her and standing over eri: You tied, tit you? Tired of everything. Me, the boy, the way we % live ~ this beat-up hole ~ everything. Ain't you? lee doesn't ok up doasn't answerl. So tired — moaning and. ‘groaning all the time, but you wouldn't do nothing fo hep, would you? You couldn't be on my sie that Jong for nathing, Could you? som: Walter, please leave me alone Wwacter: Arman needs a woman to back him up mm: Walter ~ water: Mama would lsten to you. You know she listen to you . All you have to dois just sit down with her w ‘when you drinking vour coffee one moming ... and say ‘2s lke that you have been thinking "bout that deal Walter Lee isso interested in, “bout the store and all and the next thing you know, she be listening good, ‘and asking you questions and when I come home can tll her the detal. This ain't no fly-by-night :propostion, baby. I mean we figured itll out, me and Wily and Bobo. UTE (ith frown: Bobo? warren: Yeah. You see, this litle liquor store 6 seventy-five thousand and we figured Investment on the place be "bout thity/ thousand, see ‘That be ten thousand each. Course, there's a couple of hundred you got to pay s0’s you don’t spend your life just waiting for them clowns to let your leence get 0 approved, Cy rune You mean graft? %5 ‘WALTER frowning impatient: Don't call it that. See there, that just to show what women understand about the world. Baby don't nothing happen for you inthis word less you pay 5 somebody off 2 ums: Wolter, leave me alone! [she raoas her heat! and stares cl him vigorous ~ then says, more quietly) Eat your eggs, they ‘gonna be col. furs: Eat your eggs, Walter. water: Damn my eggs... damn all the eggs that ever was! mi Then go to work. WALTER looking up a her): See — I'm trying to talk to you "bout myself — (shaiking his head withthe rptition) - and all you can say is eat them eggs and go to work. uTH fwoarly): Honey, you never say nothing new, listen to you every ‘day, everynight and every morning, and you never say nothing new. ishrugging]. So you would rather be ‘Mr. Amold than be his chauifeur. So =I would rather be living in Buckingham Palace “That i Just what is wrong with the colored woman in this world... Dont understand about building their ‘men up and making ‘em feel like somebody. Like they can do something. sur Lily, but to hurt} There are colored men who do things. acter: No thanks tothe colored woman. WALTER (staightening up from her and looking off: That's it. There you rom A Ral in he Sum, Lonaine Hasberry o ‘are. Man say to his woman: I got me a dream, His woman say: Eat your eggs F (sadly, bu gaining in powor) Man say: | got to take hold of this Questions. here world, baby! And a woman will sy: Eat your eggs and go to work 5 (passionately nom] Man say: | got to change my Ife, 'm choking to death, baby! And his woman say — lun uter anguish ashe brings his fits down on his thighs) ~ Your 's geting cold! uri (aly): Walter, that ain't none of our money. 70 WALTER {no stening to hor, or even leoing at her}: This morning, 1 ‘was looking in the mirror and thinking about it... 'm thity-ive yeas old I been maid eleven years and I got ‘a boy who sleeps inthe living room ~ (very, very culty {and all got to give him i stories about how rich white ‘What is Walter thinking about atthe beginning ofthe scene? ‘A. Gating his wife to be pleasant to him B How to get Ruth to appreciate his friends CC Getting Ruth to talk to Mama about the money D How his wife was always tired Tels ear that Ruth ‘A does not lke any of Walters friends because she does not trust them. B is cautious about the money making schemes that Walter's friends suggest CC is tred of Walter and her son and the way that they live, 1D never takes Walter's side on any issue for any length of time.2 The enormity of what she is saying is beginning to dawn on Creca ‘ceax What! What chil! What are you saying? cous: Lam saying, my rd that went cut odo what you new T would do; wbat {had to do; what twas my dlty to do, Semon: You mean anLe: Yes, Unde Creon, I knew you would know it.I ent o bury my bother (rere ir log sence. Ton sswcensr: Buti int 0 Ist sounen: told you. 4th socnex: Now this thing goin’ be big big palaver. (hoy speak these lines all ogether, At the sams time shri ‘heard, and Laloho rashoe on end rune fo her eit) Lcio: dale! Akwele! Don't tall ike that! You know very well * you didn't do that! (Tums to Crean speaking very quicky) Don't believe her! Don't listen to her Look, she is feverish! Look! Touch her! The poor child has fever! She gets like this sometimes, you know. She's a twin, that's cy ‘why. Gets excited. Don't believe what she says, Uncle ‘Creon, Odale was with me the wile evening! ‘con: (Stl hoping! Is this true? [date looks at him, sel but dosn't reply. She turns to her sister whois weeping) 45008: Look up, Akwuokor. Don't ery any more. And thank ‘you, Perhaps | shouldn't have fooled you But when we left to go back to the house, | stayed on, and went back, and... and covered our brother. crow: What! 450 ODE: (Turning to his) I closed his eyes and his mouth and covered his shame with a cloth. Were Isonger and if there was time, | should have buried him si feet myself, with these hands © And you stand there and tell me tis. With the sun 6 ‘coming up on your young monkey face! You stand there ‘and tell me ths, in the face of my ordet! My oun niece, my own blood, my own daughter, almost. So stupid, so pig-headed, so... so (fetus away, moved 60 wo0H ll weeping] But Oale! Why did you have to confess it? ‘The soldirs said that nothing had happened! Why could you not just keep quiet? ‘And ald insult to injury? Lies to our shame? If our brother's soul were to hear me, denying my deed and cs denying my love, could he sill then resf? Would he ‘ever res? usc: know! Tow! But you have angered our uncle; and. ‘what's worse, disgraced hima, Go and beg him for mercy. Go, Go quickly Odale, before ~ 70 (But Creca has tue Do you not know the law? fone: Which law, my lord and uncle? carox; mean the law ofthe land; my law. ‘pate: And what is your law my lord and uncle? T5creox: That whoever buries that boy on the hii, be it my ‘own daughter, wil de ‘opste: My lord, Ihave broken your law. caro: But why? Why dld you have to do I? Why, Odale? Why? pais: Because, my lord, there isa greater law, Greater than ® ‘yours and al the priests’ and judges’. And the aw says ‘that the living must buy their dead. He was brother, ihe ‘wasn't your nephew and I should have fallen before my gods if Thad scorned that law. ‘rom Oil's Cho, Kaan BrathwaiteQuestion: 1. When Creon questions Oda at fist, he ‘A does not believe that she had gone anvuhere. B believes that she had gone to meet a lover. suspects that she had gone fo bury her brother. D thought she had gone out simply to be disobedient. \ 2 The soldiers had reported that, on the hilside, ‘A. nothing unusual had happened, B Odele had covered the body. C they had not seen Odale. D they thought that Odale had meta lover. ‘3 When the soldiers speak, they do so mainly in a AA standard language. B confusing way. © creole or dialect. D foreign language. 4 When lin lines 29-31) they ‘speak all hese fines together’ what oes this convey to the audience? {A That the soldiers are foolish and frightened B Ahhumorous atmosphere which relaxes ther An impression that the solders ave indlsctpined and can't wait thei tum D A general feeling of confusion and anxiety 5 Inlines 34-41, why does Leicho call Odale ‘Akwele’ and speak quickly to Creon? ‘A She is nervous and really concemed about dale’ health B. She is tying to convince Creon not to believe Ouale. She has gone a bit crazy herself and is talking foolishness D She does not herself understand what Odale is saying. 6 Inline 42, why do the stage directions say that Creon is ‘stl, hoping’? A Itwould be further proof that Odale isa git who tel es. B He does not want o belive that Odale has done the deed. 10 It would confirm that it was one of the soldiers who was gulty D He thinks that by then the worms and arimals would have eaten the body. ‘What does ‘covered is shame’ (lines 50-51) suggest? A. He was not ashamed, B His mouth was open, CC His body was decomposed, D He was naked. ‘What do the words ‘and you stand there lines 54-55) suggest to us? ‘A Iwas sunvise and dawn was breaking B, Odale was making rude faces at Creon. C Odale was an ual gi Creon was not ling the trth, In what way has Odale ‘disgraced’ Creon (ine 68)? ‘A. By going out in the night without his permission B By, as his niece, covering her brothers shame although the law forbade this © By not knowing the law and the consequences for breaking it By smiling in Creon’s face, in front of the soldiers, while talking \When Odale says to Creon, while tallng about her brother, ‘if he wasn’t your nephew’ (lines 81-82) she is being A realistic. B sarcastic. truthful D symbolic monkey face’Section C Prose Fiction, READ BOTH EXTRACTS BELOW AND, FOR EACH, ANSWER, ‘ALL TEN QUESTIONS WHICH FOLLOW. Passage 1 from Bella Makes Life \ He was embarassed when he saw her coming toward him. He “wished he could have just disappeared into the crowd and kept sing as far away from Norman Manley Airpott as was possible. ‘Bela returning, Bella come back from New York after a whole year 5 Bella dressed in some clothes which make her look ikea checker ‘cab, What in God's name was a big ferty-odd-year-old woman ‘who was ft when she leave Jamaica, and get worse fat since she {0 to America, what was this woman doing dressed like this? Bella ‘was wearing a stretchto-fit black pants, over that she had on a big 10 yellow and black checked blouse, on her fect was a pair of yellow Bootes, in her hand was a big yellow handbag and she had on a pair of yellow-framed glasses. See va Jesus! Bella no done yet, she. had dyed her hair with red oxide and Jhert curs it tilt shine like sgrease and spray. Oh Bella what happened to you? Joseph never 18 even bother lake in her anklet and her big bracelets and her gold, chain with a pendant, big as a name plate on a lawyer's office, ‘marked ‘Material Git Joseph could sense the change in Bela through her letters. When ‘she jst went to New York, she used to unite him DV every wee 2 Baas $a fon 6 sohen 9 cme home. lease dent han any ater woman hile Sm ‘pons 9 hase that a man is dient from oma, ut please 1 ay and esp youl to yours il we eat and Sm sang al Le fos yo Yous sect se fats This was one ofthe fist letters that Bella unite Joseph, here is one of 25 the last letters. eas fash (ha you scyng? 9 sealy soy that my ets take so long to nach you and that th Pot fice sate ba vain pple money ft sight and cone Man Jamaica is somathing alae again. 9 don tanita often a ued lo aca 9 wating ‘io jbt, 1 nigh job is dong waitassng in nightclub on osrand Can, the wad i a et ip is good. 9 mabe Prznd with a gidon the job named Yoone and sometinas bean 9 go sith some thes rind oa pin 8 op Baan ‘Mountain, 9 ques that's where Paaches says she sc me J ie 9 igh wll nog mal hile 9 nob ld yo. Yous bay ale. Enjoy herself? This time Joseph was working so hard to send the two ‘children to schoo! clean and neat, Joseph become mother and father for them, even to plait the litle git hale. Enjoy himsel? Joseph fiend them start to laugh after him because slike him done with woman. Joseph really try to keep himself to himsel. Although the nice, nice woman who lve at the corner of the next road. Nice woman you i know, always talking so pleasant to him, Joseph make sure thatthe two of them just remain social fiends... . and Bella up in New York Hows beeping daring? 9 hops fina. 9 miss you and the hildsen so ill 9 think 9 want to dia. Down in Brooklyn hers shore Vm lining, 9 see alot of Gamaieans, but 9 dant mix ap with tham. Jk lady who spanacn me aay tha alo of the 25 Gamaicans phere is doing nronga and 9 don't ward to mix lop withthe things a you can imagins. You knew that 9 : ‘nly hore fo wor some della lo haa yo and me mats lifeabout she gone a Bear Mountain, make blabbermouth Peaches ‘come back from New York and tll everybody inthe yard how she ‘buck up Bella a picnic and how Bella really into Yankee life full From ‘Bella Makes Life’, Loma Goi Questions, 1 som enero si Sl erty ‘A she was dressed so outrageously, B he remembered some of her letters. he felt ost in the huge airport, D her retum was a surprise. 2 What impression does the writer convey by writing the story in a colloquial ‘everyday speech’ syle? A The story is about illiterate people. B This writer is not comfortable with Standard English C The focus ofthe story is humour. D We are hearing the actual voice ofthe characters. 3. The simile ‘il it shine lke grease and spray” (ines 13-14) ‘creates a picture of hair that appears to be A sleek and shiny lke a beautiful new car. B well oiled and carefully groomed. oversprayed, but fashionable to the speaker. D artificial and ugly inthe eyes of the person describing it 4 Which words BEST describe Joseph's felings on hearing about Balas social activities in New York? A Resentment and hurt B Surprise and disbelet © Jealousy and mistrust 1D Anger and depression 5 Which description BEST represents Joseph's character as seen in the extract? ‘A Shy man who is aad of hie wife BB Foithful husband and attentive father Impatient and swift to anger D Calm but deceptive — ‘sill waters ran deep” 10 How does Bala espond to the nour beng spread by Peaches? She A blames Peaches fr being a Babbemnouh B dents and exe that spt of herb expla hat tle erent ressonable D pols ut thins that Jouph oven ‘The wer eats hunou ne ist paragraph tough 1 the wrtng le i) the wing ii) use of descriptive details lv) characters A only i, i, and iv B ony Landi onli, ana w D ont tandiv Which of tase shows a difeence in Bll as revealed by her uo lees to Josep She's 1 happier than se td tobe B ler cute bout social. © orien concious D notes dein het work The wit’ ebriqu of quoting els ete serves the el pupose of 1 ender sting nde Now Yt and ater joing the pl B bigs nove chal for omparton and pong woe C comparing minor and mor vents nd iaducg miner charac D demonstrating Bolas Meracy and shoing her compassionate nat, Lent two themes emerging rom the extract 2 hte nan aul ov deception B ite endsip C greets etl D ve end fal relaoship change SsPassage 2 The Year the Great War Was Fighting ‘That year the great war against Japan and the Germans was stl fighting. The American soldiers who come dovn to Trinidad to protect us from invasion was stil in Bonasse, drinking Cockspur ram ‘and fuling up the women, diving thet jeeps and screeching their 5 brakes like madmen all over the place ‘That was the year when rice was rationing and breadfult was king ‘and Bee, working the piece of land behind the cemetery, was able to make @ penny or two, because food was scarce and nobody want to plant again, nobody want to fish; everybody want ajeb on the ‘@ American Base where they could do nothing whole week and on Friday stretch out ther hand and draw a fat pay, like Mitchel, my cousin, who leave off laboring on Richardson Estate, borrow a saw and hammer and pass himself off tothe Americans asa carpenter, spend, ashe boast forever after, sic months campentering without 15 ever drawing a nail, Say how he meet up with this damn fool officer ‘who with no enemy in Trinidad to ight decide to write a book about ‘hat he, the American, all Voodoo, and choose Mitchell out to ‘ive him information; so that Mitchell, who I never hear talk about nothing more mysterious than food in his belly, is suddenly this big 20 expert... So now poor Bob, feeling that Mitchell realy know all these great secrets, frighten that Mitchell use some Voodoo on him, allow Mitchell to do exactly what he please, and what Mitchell please todo snot work Inno time at all Mitchells foreman of a gang of carpenters. He is 25 money'lender and Contact Man, dealing in black market... and hie have the gall to come and boast to Bee, “Look at me, Bee! Look where a reach! Why you don't leave this hard land you killing Yourself on and let me go get a job for vou with the Americans? IF it wasn't for this war Mitchell would be nobody. Bee don't lke this 0 war Bolo don't ike it ether. The seven years before the war, Bolo was in Bonasse, the champion stickfighter, the king, leading the vilage battles dou the length and breadth ofthe island; and though he work as a coconut picker on Richardson Estate making at most apsintyfive cents a day ... he couldn't walk down a Bonasse street if somebody didn't call him fr a drink, or call out his name just 30 just forthe pleasure, just to be able to claim that he isa friend of Bolo, the sticfight king, and you must understand, women didn't leave him alone etter. Extract fom The WINE OF ASTONISHMENT, by Bart Lovelace. Pubshed by Andee Deutsch 1982. Questions 11 This sory is evidently being told by alan A thied person narrator. B fist person nanator. American observer and narrator. D visting observer and narrator. 2. The author's use ofthe everyday speech style instead of formal writen language to tel the story, helps us to ‘A understand the reasons for the narrator's actions B. develop a negative impression of the narrator. CC hear the narrator's voice and get close to her. recognize that the narato siliterate. 3) The narrator's apparent attitude to the war is that it A bieeds idleness and corruption. BB does nat empioy enough people. costs too much money, D caeates enemies and gangs. 4. The repetition in ‘nobody want to plant again, nobody want to fish; everybody want. "(ines 8-9) has the effect of ‘A explaining the problems people were facing with those jobs. B citing the Government for not providing beter ‘employment for people. © demonstating the laziness and greed of not some but al in that county. D emphasing the extent to which people were abandoning their traditional work.'5 There is irony in the narrator's tone when she says which ofthe folowing? ‘A ‘Mitchel... s suddenly tis big exper! (ines 17-20) B ‘everybody want... job on the American Base’ (ines 9-10) ‘this damn fool officer fine 15) D ‘sretch out thei hand and draw a fat pay’ (ine 11) 6 People wanted jobs on the American Base because these jobs A paid well and demanded lite effort B wore prestigious though low-paying, could lead to a career as a solder, D provided opportunities for them to help their county 7 The narrator’ attitude to Mitchell is evidently one of A admiration B disapproval and disgust. © mere tolerance D indifference, '8 Which ofthese is NOT a metaphor as used in the extract? A “draw a fat pay’ line 11) B “breadiult was king’ (ine 6) ‘rice was rationing’ (ine 6) D ‘make a penny or two" (ine 8) 9. She mentions Bee (lies 29-30) and Bolo (line 31) to show that people whose opinion she respects are A also against Mitchell B unwilling to work inthe war. C opposed tothe war. D hardworking and struggling 10 Which ofthese is a major theme in this narative? A Leadership and Opposition B Deception and Corruption C War and Oppression D Wealth and Poverty ee. Practice Paper 2 ENGLISH B Paper 01 - General Proficiency 2 hours ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS PAPER. - Section A Poetry READ BOTH POEMS BELOW AND, FOR EACH, ANSWER ALL. TEN QUESTIONS WHICH FOLLOW. Marymount High School poem P.O. Box 31, Highgate Kite-Flying ‘St. Mary Kensington Gardens, tondon It's along time since Hast flew, oF even saw one flown, Inmy shylarking days Since my bamboo kite leaped on the breeze, '5 Climbing the sty unsteadily. swishing Is tall, straining the leash ‘Whining like a hound beyond the tes, Dizzy above the village, — Then breaking loose with a snap, as1 Disappearing, entangled in some teetop Inaccessible backyards away. Then there were duels, ‘When our sal ktes rose menacingly, ‘Acme with glinting pieces of as, 16 Or rusty razor blades—parring, hissing, Rushing. dodging expertly, up and dow, No two cocks move gamely Spurred and pecked at each other, Unt inevitably, 20 One was sliced, cut down reeling, Blown so bravely ‘Out of sight! ve come along way To capture again, unexpectedly, 25 Fora many-coloured, singing moment The furtive kite that escaped Beyond my boyhood loose fat! vis Virion Vire Questions! What is the MAIN idea inthis poem? ‘A Recollecting an event in the past B. Watching a ite-fying event C Engaging in a boyhood activity Reilecting on the joys of kite-fiying 2. The kite is compared to all EXCEPT which ofthe following? A Ahound B A fighting cock C A person in a duel 1D A lari inthe sy ee “Climbing the sky unsteady (ine 5} suggests that the hits A. moving at geat speed asi takes to the ky. BB slowly climbing over the houses and garden. cautiously gaining spood as it ascends, Don a sure and steady path a it cimbs. Which ofthe following is NOT a metaphor? AA “rival tes rose menacingly’ (line 13) B ‘Spurred and pecked at each other (line 18) C ‘One was sliced, cut down reeling’ (ine 20) D ‘bamboo kite leaped on the breeze line 4) ‘The speaker is most likely A. aboy fling a lite in London, B someone learning to ly a bamboo kite, an adil rellecting on his kte-Aving experiences. Daman who flew kites in Kensington Gardens “The cockfighting image i effective because it highlights ll ofthe fallowing EXCEPT A motion, B the ferocty of the ight duels D spurs. “The final stanza leaves the reader witha sense of A loss B intigue, C nostalgia D suspense ‘Which ofthe following conveys the idea of height? ‘A. ‘Climbing the sky’ line 5) B “beyond the trees (line 7) € ‘cut down reeling’ (line 20) D ‘Inacoessible backyards away’ (ine 11) “The speakers tone is BEST described as A longing B regrethlca Some natural sorrow, lasso pain, D hopeful ‘That has been, and may be again? 110 Which ofthe following is an effective representation of eu imagery? 2 ee eee 25 Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang ‘A ‘my bamboo kite leaped (line 4) B glint pieces of gas’ (line 14) © ‘Spurred and pecked’ (line 18) D ‘wishing / ts tai” (nes 5-6) As ifher song could have no ending: "sav her singing at her work, And oer the sickle bending: — istened, motionless and stil {M1 And, as I mounted up the hil ‘The music in my hear | bore jong after it was heard no more Poem 2 Long after t The Solitary Reaper Behold her, single inthe fl Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by hersl Stop here, or gently pass! 5 Alone she cuts and binds the grain, nd sings a melancholy strain, listen forthe Vale profound 's overflowing with the sound. Questions 11 Which of these BEST summarizes the fist stanza? ‘A A.young git singing asad song and crying B Abighland lass reaping grain and wailing C A young gil reaping grain and singing a sad song D Aighland las singing a melancholy song and planting 2. Which ofthe following does the poet use in the fist stanza to reinforce the tile? ‘A Mechanical imagery B Images suggesting singleness C Allteative D Couple's '8 Hows the third stanza different from the others? ‘A The mood changes for the better. BB ‘The speaker poses questions. C Another speaker s introduced. D The rhyme scheme is cifferent, 4 The speaker's attude is BEST described as one of ‘A pity for the lonely singer. B adimiraton for her talent No Nightingale did ever chaunt 10-More welcome notes to weary bands (Of travellers in some shady haunt ‘Among Arabian sands A voice so thing ne'er was heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bid 15 Breaking the silence ofthe seas ‘Among the farthest Hebrides, ‘Will no one tll me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive aumbers flow For old, unhappy, far-of things, 20 And battles long ago: Oris it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day?10 C outrage for her being overworked. D regret for visting the scone ‘What isthe effet of the couplet at the end of each stanza? A Itinereases the musicality of the poem, B Itenhances the allteraive element of the poem € Itreinforces the theme and musicality ofthe poem. It portrays an overall nursery rhyme effec. ‘Music imagery is enhanced through A ‘erences tothe gt’ voice. B the cuckoo and nightingale, C references to songs D allof the above, The words ‘Breaking the silence ofthe sea’ (ine 15) is an ‘example of which ofthe following? A Simile B Metaphor © Oxymoron D Metonymy ‘Which of these poetic devices is used inthis poem? A Internal thyme to provide entertainment. BB Call and response to encourage involvement, € Allusion to events centuries eater. D Repetition of an idea to enhance theme, ‘Which of the following lines support the enduring power of A Lines 7 and 8 B Lines 15 and 16 € Lines 23 and 24 D Lines 31 and 32 ‘Which impression o feeling i created in the final stanza? A Appreciation B Anxely © Concer D Polich Section B Drama READ BOTH EXTRACTS BELOW AND, FOR EACH, ANSWER ALL TEN QUESTIONS WHICH FOLLOW. Extract 1 is ne: ss ne2: Sato. 0 1S aLTow: OUT OF A JOB What unu doin home so early? Di man dem lay we off. Dem say, no work. Dem hatfi lay we oft ‘Aton, tll me i truth, Unu do anything wrong? No Mama, Di only ting Dennis tek is dis tape and dat 's di least, cause mi see big stereo a swim ross di harbour an nobody nuh say nutten, Dat don't mean you must tek something too, If yuh down di waterront and don't tek anvthing, dem ‘il tink seh yuh is informer. Is politics, ole Indy. Polis. I ten ships come in since Monday, Dem tek on twenty-five man Tuesday and let ‘we go today, ‘So how politics come into this? Di man say inna election we never defend di party and Dennis opposition, so we lose di work I going check di counsellor for di area, Den who yuh tink tel we? Di man say “A nuh footballer ime this. A fii time now,” meaning, activist, gunman, bogus votes. Same ting did happen when our party win Yooh inna dis polities business now?10 ge In that part ofthe society, what made people decide which you supported? ‘A Where you lived B. What work you did C Which football tam you supported D Who was your councilor Dennis and Alton were now in a situation where hope for their future lay in their ‘A gating involved in bogus voting, B becoming politcal activists. € getting football scholarships D becoming tradesmen, “They had been able to get the jobs from which they were just laid off because A they were good footballers. B of thei political connections. oftheir taining. D the councilor had intervened. ‘The word "YES" (ine 39) is writen in capital letters to let the actess know that ‘A Miss Inez i aglated because she knows Sweetic has the baby. B as Sweetie is sll ouside, Miss Inez has to shout to be heard. C Miss Inez is a very loud and aggressive woman, 1D Sweetie doesnot like to be shouted at, and Miss Inez wants to annoy her. ‘Sweetie speaks to Dennis fits before she even says ‘Hell! to his ‘mother, Miss Inez, (ine 46-47) because she AA sees Dennis before she enters and sees Ms Inez. B is being disrespectful to Miss Inez, as usual has a child for Dennis and isin love with him, D is general ill: mannered and impolite, [Ms Inez comes across most, as a ‘A warm person who loves people and is loved in retu, BB political activist who expects help from the ‘counselor. suspicious person who does not trust anyone or anything 1D domineering person who always wants to be in charge. Extract 2 Living Middte Class Len has jst suggested to George a deal that would save George's economic future and would also keep him ftom geting ino serious trouble with the law, Another scotch? Yes, sir [breathing easier J George, you know Iam sure Linow you from someplace, I don't think 0 From where? Let me think, Canada? 'No, Never been to Canada I never forget a face. Monroe old boy? Yeah, va That's right. You went to Monroo? You let in 47? Yeah. ‘That's it!| mow you man. Remember me, Len Tomlinson? Len Tomlinson? Oh yeah, (He most deciedly has not remembered Len} Vague, vague. | was in a lower form. Man, you haven't changed a day. [Snaps his finger. Mongoose! Jesus! {louse} Lok nuh man, not a sous called me ‘Mongoose in yeas! ugh) Jesus Christ! |ue Remember me now? once: Yes, man, (He sil hasn't) wee [No matter, no matter. I'l all eame back it’s been thirty % years. We mus talk and talk, roll bac the years, To the (ld school, and those of us who have survived. “Benidictus beniicat, por Jesura Christum dominum rostrum.” They dink) ‘ston: Some say chicken some say duck, some say matron 0 don't wut a fa, ff, fa Le ‘Same old Mongoose! How isthe old school? | haven't been back in years, ‘ctonar: Place fs completely changed. Packed now with a bunch © rif-raf,scholarship-winners, Sacred walls man, s Sesecrated. Iwas there on Sports Day. My boy won the hundreds uw: Chip off the old block, eh? couse: You remember? Lew How could I forget? 49 ceonct: Class One champ. On your marks, get set... Those were the days! God damn i to hel, the good old days! They'll never come back. [A roise is hears outsce,) What's that? {en isons: George draws his un) 45 | think is the wie tinkering outside Croat: Oh boy. lam a nervous wreck. (Putting gun Bock} Lif has very litle pleasure for me today, what with all the fea, the vilence, the social upheaval, the economic ‘mismanagement. My house i ikea prison, so many ch bolts on the door. If lost the key | would have to sell the place! Jesus, the family at home alone! I can use yuh phone? lee ‘Sure. (Peiting fo the naumont.) ‘ceoRGE (On telephone: Bily? Daddy, Where's your mother? 58 Don't wony to wake her. You locked up the house? Lock all he windows. (Shouting) I say you must lock all the windows! I soon come. (shang up.) Can't be too careful these days. They broke into next door 7:30 one evening, lucky nobody was there, ransack o the house, rape the maid. You see this, aking out the gun] U declare wat! tell my wife, "You get diarrhea at night, wake me up, wake me up!" For Tam going £0 shoot fist and ask questions afterwards. You have one ofthese? indicating the gun.) 5 un No, Cctona [Getting more ond mors lke a sated trapped cnimal): ‘What, man? Get onel An’ put some bars on those ‘windows! This place is lke a death trap! Not even. adog? ma ues ‘We should. We should ‘cronce: Violence. Socialism. Shit! If wasn’t a darnn ass I would hhave been living in Toronto years ago! | tell you, I would rather be a second-class citizen inthe first world, than a first-class one inthis rat's ass place, I can help 6 myself? [As he goes tothe bate.) uN: Sure. Stay for supper. Cceonce: Thanks, but not ths evening. The wife would have let supper. From Oli Story Tine by Tevor Rhone Questions 1 Why is George is pretending to remember Len? ‘A He wants Len to do something for him, B. He doos not want Len to feel bad.He tealzes that Len knows his wife and family D They went tothe same school 2 When he refers to the scholarship winners as ‘iff raff, what does George reveal about himself? ‘A He is concered about the school, B He was a bright student. € He isa bit ofa snob. D He is very observant. 3 Each of the two men remembers a popular quotation from his school days. Which TWO things does this suggest that they remember differently? ‘A Alleles / Academies B The motto insulting an adult C Allstudent / scholarship winners D Jesus Christ / Mongoose 4 George's statements onthe telephone suggest that he A loves his wife dearly, B is nervous and anxious, C wants to shoot his wife D is sensible and practical 5 George's account ofthe robbery suggests that he ‘A does not consider the maid as a person. BB forgot that the maid was at home at the time. fet that i was his house that they meant to rob D realized that it caused him to have diarthea. 6 The audience wil suspect that George earned the nickname “Mongoose” because ‘A he was knowm for his trickery. B of his ability to un fat C of the way he disrespected the matron, D he acted like a scared trapped animal 7 Inline 75 the stage direction indicates that George speaks ‘as he {goes to the bottle”. What is this meant to convey? ‘A George is known to be an alcoholic: B Len was about to put the bottle away, C George is extremely nervous D Len had not offered him a drink. 8 George's comment about being ‘a second-class elizen” (ines 73-74) suggests that he A el that he was being treated like a second-class citizen, BB wanted to leave the country in which he was living, C felt he should yeturn to live in Canada, D wanted to travel toa socialist pace ike Toronto. 9 The fact that Len had no gun and seemed comfortable suggests to the audience that ‘A George was overreacting, even a bit paranoid B Len was reckless and unprotectve of his family. C tthe country was indeed a ‘a's ass place, D iin Toronto, everyone had guns. 10 Why did George describe Len’s house asa ‘death trap"? A He was trapped there like an animal B There were no burglar bars or dogs there, The violence and socialism were obvious D There were not enough emergency exits. Section C Prose Fiction READ BOTH EXTRACTS BELOW AND, FOR EACH, ANSWER ALL TEN QUESTIONS WHICH FOLLOW. Extract 1 From George and the Pink House {was much more afraid of George than I was of Big Foot, although Big Foot was the biggest and the strongest man in [Miguel Stee!) the “street. George was short and fat, He had a grey moustache and a big Sosbelly. He looked harmless enough, but he was always muttering to 5 himself and eursing and I never tied to become friendly with him, He was like the donkey he had ted in the front of his yard, grey and) ‘old and silent except when it brayed loudly. You felt that George ‘was never really in touch with what was going on around him all the time, and I found it strange that no one should have said that George 10 was mad, while everybody said Man-man whom Liked, was mad George's house also made me fel afraid, It was a broken-down ‘wooden building, painted pink on the outside, and the galvanized- iron roof was broxm from rust. One door, the one to the right, was always lft open. The inside walls had never been painted, and were 45 gray and black with age. There was a dirty bed in one comer and in tanother there was a table and a stool. That was all. No curtains, no pictures on the wall. Even Bogart had a picture of Lauren Bacall in his room, | ound it hard to believe that George had a wife and a son and a 20 daughter Like Popo, George was happy to let his wife do all the work in the house and the yard. They kept cows, and again I hated George for, that. Because the water from his pens made the guters stink, and ‘when we were playing cricket on the pavement the ball often got wet 2 in the guiter. Boyce and Errol used to wet the ball deliberately inthe stinking quite. They wanted to make it shoot. George's wife was never a proper person. [always thought of her ‘as George's wif, and that was all And I always thought, too, that George's wife was always in the cow-pen, 40 And while George sat on the front concrete steps ouside the open door of his house, his wife was busy. George never bacame one of the gang in Miquel Sirect. He didn't seem to mind, He had his wife and his daughler and his son. | bogan to be tetifed of George, particularly when he bought 35 two great Alsatian dogs and ted them to pickets at the foot of the concrete steps. Every morning and aftemoon when I passed his house, he would say to the dogs, ‘Shook him!" {And the dogs would hound and leap and bark; and I could see their 49 ropes stretched tight and I always fl thatthe ropes would break at the next leap. Now, when Hat had an Alsatian, he mad i ike me. ‘And Hat had said to me then, ‘Never fraid dog. Go brave. Don't ‘And so I used to walk slouly past George’s house lengthening out 45 my torture VSNalpaul Questions 1 Who isthe narrator ofthis story most likely to be? AA frequent visitor to the community B One of the men who reside inthis street € One of the occasional passersby DA child resident in the vicinity 2 The narrator feared George because he A was fat with a big belly, BB seemed mad and kept muttering and cursing, {C was ane ofthe stongest men inthe street. D seemed unfriendly and lived in a pink house. 3. The narrator considered George to be mad because George seemed ‘A. out of touch with his surroundings B forgetful of his whereabouts. harmless but liked to curse. D tobe lke his old sent donkey, 4 With the words ‘George's wife was never a proper person’ (paragraph 6), the narator i suggesting that A in his view George did not really have a wife. B in his mind this w10 C George's wife was immoral in her ways. George and this woman were not properly maied, ‘The purpose of reference to Bogart (ne 17) is to demonstrate ‘A. Bogar’s admiration of Lauren Bacal B the effect of pictures on one's walls along with curtains. © how unusual it was for a house to have no decorations. D that George had no woman except his wife. Which character's attitude is contrasted with that of George? A Hat B Popo C Man Man D Big Foot ‘The persona’s overall atitude to George seems to be MAINLY cone of A disapproval B disrespect. € suspicion D eccepiance. ‘The tane or sile ofthe writer can BEST be describes as A conversational B serious C tragic D reflective Which words describe George's house? A Ramshace but well painted B Lighily but efficiently furished © Ramshackle and dity D Eerie and quite empty ‘The story leaves the impression that in Miguel Steet, George A leader. B a misfit C unhappy, D scared. Extract 2 Poet We called him Poet. He was our teacher ~ more than teacher. He could motivate a cow to bark and we grew to love him for this ~ but not yet Poet had introduced jogging into our programme. He said it was 5 good forthe lungs. Every evening we jogged for an hour before speech practic. Sam loved the physical exercise, He would wheel his chair onto the playing field and fllow us around. | was glad when he came along because his pace was right for me and we cited the track together 40 while Poet went on ahead lke an experienced long distance runner. “That paticular evening ater we had done two laps of $0, Poet waited for us to catch up with him at the hundred metre starting line, He handed me a stopwatch and pointed dow the track. “Stand at the fifty metre line and time us,” he said, “I want to see 15 how fest Sam is." ‘Sam was eager for this; he loved to make his wheelchair run. Poet ‘went ack twenty paces around the track and lined up to start. Sam Tooked back with a big grin on his face. He was loving every moment off 20 “Set us off when you're ready, Chis.” | raised my T-shirt inthe arin my most dramatic fashion. “Ready, steady, GO!" ‘Sam was off ke a bullet and Poet was right behind him, Poet caught ‘up tothe ehair qulkly, but sowed dowm so that Sam would believe 25 that he was having a problem passing, Sam was energized. He grited his teeth and his huge chest bloated as he seemed to lift the wheels into mation — his strong arms pumping, shoving the wheels around, propelling the chair down the grassy track like an express tain, penss Disaster struck ten yards from where they stood. Sam was pursing ‘930 har that at one point he lifted the whee!s alfvay off the ground +e touched down on a large grass root and the chair nose-dived ‘The chair went east and Sam went west, but both Kept on coming, ‘maintaining the forward motion. The chair stopped a few feet away fn its side. Sam rolled lke a ragged bundle before the wind and 1 came to rest at my foo. Iwas hort. Miraculously Sam was not injured at all, except fora smal bruise on his arm. The wheelchair was unscathed. Poet realized this Immediately and as I bent to help my shaken friend I fot his fingers 4 dig into my shoulder. “Wait a minute,” he said | paused, "What?” He ignored me. "Get up, Sam; let's go." | was shocked. “What? What?” 45 “Get up, Sam!" "rom ‘Flaming Heat, Garfield Eis Questions. 1 We gather that atthe beginning, the students’ overall attitude to Poet had changed from one of {A suspicion to surprise. B uncertainty to love. C like to disk D opposition to acceptance. 2 What quality in Poet is being described in the words ‘He could motivate a cow to bark’? A He was highly inspiring. B He was an expert with animals, © People respected him great D His behaviour was an example to oes. Sam sin a whedlchat but wat kind of person i he apparent? [A Exceptionally careless B Fighly motivated Brave but cautious D Seared but competitive What does the smile ‘Sam was off like abl line 23) highlight MOST about Sam's star? {A Smoothness and focus B Anxiety and lck f caution © Speed and eagerness D Reclesness and danger “The overall mood or atmosphere ofthe pasoge is BEST deserbed as one of ‘A pleasant fendines B nervous ane. € intense competitiveness D svar and fition The sve of writing is BEST described as ‘A simple and conversational B sf and formal s academic and sophistcal@orin’ “iy! inuomye Ml D chidike andcaretee.gtecripii! 1 x08 C9 The smile in ‘Sam rolled Ike a ragged punl'fine 34) conveys, at that point, an overall picture of Sam as seeming ‘A hut and fearful B disappointed and biter, C airy and uncomfortable D shabby and belles Which of these i NOT a fie of speech as used inthe passage? [A He ited the wheels halivy ofthe ground ine 30) B Propeling. ke an express tain (ine 28) innerC ‘He touched down on a large grass root line 31) ‘could motivate a cow to bark’ (ine 2) 9 What is the change in atmosphere in this scene? ‘A From happy and careless to wicked and unkind B From helpful and thoughtful fo thoughtless and selfish CC From kind and encouraging to mean and discouraging D From cheerful and friendly to frightened and uncertain 10 Which ofthese is NOT a major theme in the story as told here? ‘A Determination B Friendship C Leadership Winning and losing