PRIMARY TEACHERS’ HUB https: //www.facebook.com/TeachersHubb MEN Seto bse eer eres Paper 1 Answer both Part One and Part Two. Part One Write a composition on one of the following topics. You are advised to spend about 60 minutes on this part of the paper and to write between 350 and 600 words. Total marks for this part: 40. 1 Freedom. 2 Write a story on one of the following: Either (a) Words failed me. Or (b) Survival of the fittest. 3 The importance of history. 4 ‘All men are not created equal.’ Discuss this statement. 5 Has the use of English as a first language disrupted or enriched life and culture in your country? Part Two Begin your answer on a fresh page. You are advised to spend about 30 minutes on this part of the paper, using 200 — 300 words. Total marks for this part: 20. ‘You have been asked to organise a trip to a place of historical interest. Write a report for the parents and students of the school outlining the arrangements of the trip. You should cover all the points below in detail. where you will be going the date and time of the trip transport and food arrangements the attractions the educational value of the tripPRIMARY TEACHERS’ HUB https: //www.facebook.com/TeachersHubb E=4 Quality Eueation & ResuisrTestins QO 3 POAGTGZ2ZO Paper 2 Read the following passage carefully before you attempt any questions. Answer all the ques- tions. You are recommended to answer them in the order set. Mistakes in punctuation, spelling and grammar may be penalised in any part of the paper. 1 Sitting nervously in the psychiatrist’s office, Audrey Anne Wilder, aged 38, wait- ed for the barrage of questions that she knew would come. The psychiatrist, who was watching her every move, stared intently at her while he tapped the hospital chart with his finger. 2 “According to this chart, you tried to jump into Niagara Falls.” Audrey Anne nod- 5 ded and braced herself for the next question: Why? A vague answer formed itself at the back of her mind. She had jumped because she was no good, because she thought she was nothing but garbage. The answer seemed clear enough but she did not understand it. She doubted that the psychiatrist would either and so she kept silent. Looking at the myriad emotions that flickered across his patient's face, 10 the psychiatrist continued, “When they led you away from Niagara Falls, the police reported that you were babbling in strange voices.” Audrey Anne continued to stare blankly at him and glanced at her husband, Dick, sitting across from her. “Where is all this leading?” she wondered. 3. Realising that Audrey Anne could not remember anything of that episode, the psy- 15 chiatrist launched into a different line of questioning. “Mrs Wilder, do you smoke?” Audrey Anne finally relaxed. This, she thought, was much easier and she answered with a confident ‘no’. Her confidence shattered, however, when her hus- band contradicted her answer. This contradiction persisted with the questions that followed and Audrey Anne was astounded. “This can’t be happening,” she 20 thought. 4 Audrey Anne and Dick had been married for twenty years. They had met at a church where Dick had been planning to become a minister. For the past few years, the marriage had not been a happy one. According to Audrey Anne, the problems had begun when her sons Randy and Rudy were thirteen and three respectively. 25 Audrey Anne would easily forget what she had said and demand that the boys be punished when Dick came home while the two boys accused their mother of act- ing one way when they went to school and another way when they were home. Dick, who only longed for peace and quiet after a long day at work, could not understand why his wife was behaving so strangely. She was disappearing from 30 the house quite often only to turn up in a totally different city and had once bro- ken every dish in the house and then blamed her sons for it. Equally disturbing to Dick were the eerie childlike sobs that had woken him up one night. 5 Sensing that the key to Audrey Anne’s odd behavior lay in her childhood, the psy- chiatrist questioned her about her past memories. Although this may have been a 35 simple enough request for most of us, Audrey Anne merely shrugged and looked as puzzled and confused as before. Suspecting that his patient was suffering fromPRI MARY TEACHERS’ HUB https: //www.facebook.com/TeachersHubb Quality Education & Regular Testing QO 3 POAGTGS2ZOD multiple personality disorder, the psychiatrist decided to unravel Audrey Anne’s past through hypnosis. Easing her slowly into the trance, he said, “We've heard from Audrey Anne. Is there anyone else who would like to speak?” Sure enough, Audrey Anne went through an incredible transformation. Her face contorting in pain and terror, she shrunk back, cowering in her chair, wailing and screaming in a childlike voice. The two men watched dumbfounded as Audrey Anne began to talk about her horrifying childhood. Repeatedly molested and gang- raped by her stepfather and stepbrothers, Audrey Anne had retreated into a world of her own. She invented ‘Brenda’ and several others who dealt with the abuse while Audrey Anne herself learned to live with the confusion and chaos that result- ed from her many faces. She spent most of her time lying and depended on others to provide her with the details of where she was and what she had been doing since her life was filled with puzzling gaps of time. With the help of her multiple per- sonalities, Audrey Anne had isolated herself from the overwhelming pain and stress that her body had experienced. Audrey Anne’s condition, according to the psychiatrist, was rather common and in the past ten years, several hundred cases of multiple personality disorder had been diagnosed. The victims of the disorder are usually victims of intolerable abuse and it could take several years for them to sort everything out. Audrey Anne was stunned to hear this and tearfully suggested to her husband that he take their two children and leave her. Dick however promised to stay with his wife: “We're going to stay with you. As long as it takes to lick this thing.” Audrey Anne began her twice weekly therapy sessions as soon as she could. During the weeks that followed, her alter personalities came forward quite rapid- ly, revealing more and more horrifying details of her childhood. Initially, Audrey Anne heard about her other personalities through her doctor. Later on, however, the psychiatrist handed her a videotape and said, “You’re about to meet ‘Cindy’ ”. Soon, Audrey Anne had not only met ‘Cindy’ but also ‘Lorna’, ‘Laurette’, ‘Kip’ and ‘Mother Monica’. All of them were different versions of herself, created to deal with pain and any other situation that Audrey Anne herself was incapable of dealing with. With the help of continuous counselling and unfailing support from her family, Audrey Anne’s personalities were destroyed one by one. After six years of therapy, she accepted a volunteer job at a local suicide hotline. With the Niagara Falls incident still fresh in her mind, Audrey Anne felt that it was something that she had to do. Ironically, a year later, she was awarded with a ‘Staffer of the Month’ certificate for her ‘astonishing empathy for different kinds of people’. While the worst is more or less over, Audrey Anne is still struggling toward health and peace of mind. Articulating her feelings, she says, “As a wife and mother, I'm just learning to get through the day as one person. Sometimes I’m overwhelmed by the sheer energy it takes for me to cook a meal or pay the bills ~ mundane tasks that my alter personalities used to take care of for me.”” 40 45 50 55 65 70 75PRIMARY TEACHERS’ HUB https: //www.facebook.com/TeachersHubb E-4 Quality ESueation & Resuisr Testing QO 3 POAGTGSZ2ZO From paragraph 1: 1 What was Audrey Anne doing in the psychiatrist's office? 2) From paragraph 2: 2. Why was the ‘answer’ that came to mind considered ‘vague’ (line 6)? 12] From paragraph 3: 3 Why was Audrey Anne more confident about the different line of questioning? [1] From paragraph 4: 4 Why was the marriage an unhappy one? 2 From paragraph 5: 5 Why didn’t Audrey Anne remember her childhood? 21 From paragraph 6: 6 What does the writer mean when he refers to the many faces (line 48) of Audrey Anne? 2 From paragraph 7: 7 (a) Why do you think Audrey Anne suggested that her husband should leave her? [2] (b) Which word tells us that she herself was not happy with the suggestion? (1) From paragraph 9: 8 Why did Audrey Anne feel that she had to take up the volunteer job? 2PRIMARY TEACHERS’ HUB https: //www.facebook.com/TeachersHubb Quality Education & Regular Testing QO 3 POAGTGS2ZOD 9 What was ironic about the certificate and why? Ql From paragraph 10: 10 Why is the worst not completely over yet? 2) From the whole passage: 11 Choose five of the following words. For each of these, give one word or short phrase (of not more than seven words) which has the same meaning as the word has in the passage. (5) 1. intently (line 3) . myriad (line 10) . astounded (line 20) unravel (line 38) wRYwWN . cowering (line 42) overwhelming (line 51) |. empathy (line 74) . mundane (line 78) eu .8 12 Write a summary on the effects of multiple personality disorder on Audrey Anne’s life. Your summary should also include the events leading up to the discovery of the disorder. USE ONLY THE MATERIAL FROM PARAGRAPH 2 TO PARAGRAPH 10. Your summary which should be in continuous writing (not note form), must not be longer than 160 words. [25]