Enghst B. o> Inuiruction: Read the follwing extract carefully and thea answer Items 1-10, Moses is in We boat-arain, Moses POLROY: MOSES: 8 TOLROY: MOSES: TOLROY: MOSES:, 1 TOLROY: MOSES: ‘POLROY: 13, MOSES: TOLROY: MOSES: 0 REPORTER: MOSES: REPORTER: ‘TOLROY: ferlov Station, London. There is « confused milling mob of West Indiwns waiting for the ting on a bench when a Jamaican friend, Tolroy, cones up. Aye, Moses. [ didn’t expect to meet you in Waterloo for arrivals ‘The next time will be my departure, please God. The boat-train lute. Who you meeting? Some fellar name Henry. Boy, T expecting my mother. AlL-you fellars really have guts, yes, Tolroy. Where you going to put she, ia that byo-be-four you have in Harrow Road? L have to look for a bigger place. You know avy? Look, one of your Jamaican countrymen over there waiting like @ hawk for tenants. He have a lot of houses in Brixton. ‘You know what that set-up like, a chair, a table, and he hitting you anything from, three to five guineas. You try down by Ladbroke Grove? Since they kill Kelso, English people been evacuating like Dunkirk from the area. You bound to get « room. Down there too grin, What you want, Belgravia? Park Lane?! Maybe you could put she up at the Dorehtester till you find a place The station loudspeaker announces the arrival of the boat-train. An English seporter comes up to then. i‘ + [English] Excuse me sir, have you just arrived from Jamaica? Am ... er, yes. Ten fiom the Beho ... Would you like to tell me what conditions are like? {Enjoying the situation] Yes, Moses, go on and tell him, GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEMOSES: REPORTER: MOSES: 30 REPORTER: MOSES: 35. REPORTER: 4 REPORTER MOSES: POLROY: MA: ‘TOLROY: Well, the situation is desperate as usual. You know tha big hurricane Wha a few weeks ago? ‘Well 1 was in that hurricane. You could ask my friend heve if you think I fie. Was sitting down in my mansion when suddenly {Jook up ancl see the sky. What you think happen? What? Hurvicane blow the roof clean off, banana plantation lay down as if they goue asleep .. ‘Tell me, sit, why are so many Jamaicans coming to England? Do you believe the streets are paved with gold? . + 1 don’t koow about all of them, but sometimes in the night 1 see as if the Bayswater Road sparkling with diamonds. But then you look: in truth you see is only stones and gravel that mix-up with the asphalt. You know of any London street what pave with gold? Thank you for that statement, I'll just talc to a few others [Chuckling] Wateh him! Like he going to tackle that family what coming olf the train. [Un consternation) That look like my mother! And ... and, Tanty! And Agnes and Lewis... and the two children! ‘Ma! Look me over here!... [4s he gets near them, panting} What is this all? ‘Toloy boy! You don’t remember your own mother? and the Un a dace] But what Tanty doing here, Ma? And Agues and Lewis children? a Adapted from Samuel Selven, Eldorado West One, : Peepal Tree Press, 1998, pp. 19-20. " Aduent neighbourh sods : 2A luxurious hotel in “ondon, England ©) (D) setting is MOST likely 2. Moses’ description of Tolroy’s dwelling asa “two-be-four” (line 9) indicates to the ; anainport audience that itis an old boat-tain ahouse in London (C)_—_ anold, wooden structure (D) a dirty squatter settlement GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEChe BEST explanation of the dramatic effect of the loudspeaker mentioned in the Second stage direotion (Lines 20-21) is that it B) quiet (€) announces the arrivals and departures (by einiorees the hustle and bustle of the setting, Which of the following MOSTLY contributes to umour in the extract? (Aj ““Thenexttime will bemy departure, please God” (line 4) (B) “a chair, a table, and be bitting ‘you anything from three to five guineas” (lines 13-14) up at ve Dorchester” (lines 18— 19) (D) “Do you believe the streets are paved with gold?” (line 36) ‘The expression “waiting like a hawk for tenants” (lines 11-12) is effective in (a) highlighting the fear of the ramigrants : (B) pointing out the birds that flock the venue © a 10. Which of tie that the ex experience” stlowing are used to indicate { poruuys 6 Curibbeun (B) _ Dressund names of phces (©) Tonvaud ihe eferenceio aberieane {D)_Reterence to a banana platation ‘and gold One of the themes in this extract is (A) __uavelling by aie (B) dependent countries (cy searching for a better life Moses’ response to the reporter suggests that he (A) isignorant (©) misunderstood the question asked (D) _ fears the reporter might embarrass him “Tolroy's reaction to his family’s auvival is BEST described as (A) shock and reli (B) _joyfulness aud longing (©) anxiety and anticipation {Dp aazemeantand onion, How do the stage directions in lines 42, (Chuckling), andline 4, (Unconsiernation), function as an effective guide to the action on stage? (A) They present an indifferent emotional response. Se ies (©) They beighten the suspense about ‘Folroy’s family. (D) They provide a sense of the local ‘community in London. GO ON TO THE NEXT PACjan: Read the following exact carefully and then answer tems 11-20. Peaketiae market atmosphere and crowd MAMA TAIYE: TAIYE MAMA TALYE: TAIE MAMA TALYE: TAIYE MAMA TALYE: TAWE: 15 MAMA TAIYE: TALYE MAMA TALY (Un a fow voice): Shi Taye, here he comes, Please, don’t look, Who? Th 10 amneless one, The rat that feeds in full view of houscholer. He has passed us 1 think he spots a vietim nearby. That small boy, ma? Small boy! ['ve seen him steal a machine with heavy iron stand, while everyone but the owner was looking. His master is not around yet. Keep your eyes open. "4e Jaguda boys! 1 ay “Shut up"! Look! 1 think that tall man is with the boy. He is a stanger. Bul he must be one too. (Pause) They are both going for Mama Adisa. You'll see something you've never seen before today. Just watch, ‘The ral has squatted behind her, Mother, shall I go for the police then? Shut up! Bu’ ‘t's Mama Adisal Shu’ up! I say —we can do nothing! Market sights and sounds JOSIAH, 20 MAMA ADISA: JOSIAH: MAMA ADISA: JOSIAH: Have you Sasorabia perfume? ‘Yes, by the dozen. J also have all kinds of perfume infact. And they are the cheapest is the whole market. Here, the Sasorabia — pure undiluted —smell. (pens'one for Josiah who scents it) Very, very good. This is exactly whai I want. How much for one? 1 sell them for twenty-five shillings each, but since it’s you, well my first-born is a boy. Lleave it for you for twenty shillings. Fifieen shillings? GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.MAMA ADISA: 30 JOSIAH MAMA ADISA: JOSIAH: MAMA ADISA: JOSIAH: 40 MAMA ADISA, 45 JOSIAH: MAMA ADISA: Please don't be like that. You men never know hows shillings off just like that, eht . well take ii, us a spe you ure my first customer this morning. VI weap it tor you, (dukes 2 wrup it Not yet! I can only pay thirteen shillings. th, listen, handsome young man! J ean guess what you want it fie You want 10 prepare a love charm with it, so you ean charm any woman, Don’t | know .. well Teil you, itis more potent than anything { know. Bui, in buying the ingredients for love charm, one must not be too tight-fisted. (Gives a phony Langit) Well, bless you ‘ny mun, Take it for thirteen shillings, but don’t sprcuad the news. ‘Thank you. But want more than one. { am a petty trader trom a far away village inyself. Well pick as many as you want and I'll make the addition. want two dozen. But it will have to be at the rate of ten shillings exch. [will pay now if that’s agreed. L can’t catch that very well. Do you come here to buy periume, or are you just wandering about the market? Ten shillings, he says! You realise that you are the frst ‘one to deal with me today? And that this is going to set the patiern of sales for me for the whole day? Please don’t spoil my day, May the spirit of wealth abide with you... Take it at uwelve shillings, and I will sell only @ dozen (o you because itis at loss. No, Lean’t. You don't want to do business with me. J must go. 1 have other things to buy. Go? Go where? You call yourself a trader, and you behave like the first-born of poverty itself, Barly in the morning! You wretch, with ncok like a giraffe... You never intended to buy anything in the first place ... you bastard, Profits and prosperity shall never come your way! (Pause ~10 herself) Oh my Creator, what have 1 done to deserve this! I performed all the rites before leaving home. L hope this trend of evil influence will not continue today. (Pause) I better sort out the loose change. It is always dangerous to open one’s money bag in front of customers. (Feels her waist, pause) Where is it? .. my dioney-bag! i agos, Yes, Lagos”. In Nine African Pluss for Radio, Adapted from Yemi Ajibade, : ‘Heinemann Educational Books, 1979, pp. H11-113. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEa 2 B. 4. ‘The dramatic sijnificance of the conversation benween Mama Taiye and her son in lines 2-17 is that it B) oe mac) of the robbery (©) provides information about, the setting, (D)__ provides relie? trom the tension in the ex ract Which of the following figurative devices is used in line 4 (“The rat that feeds in full ‘view of householder”)? A) Si (C) Quomatopoeia (D) _ Personifirtion From fines 6-13 (“Phat small boy ... behind her”) the audience can infer that Mama Taiye (a) _ isnotinterested in calling the police jagucla boys (©) had beer -obbed before and did not call the police (b) _ isconcen 2d about what the Jaguda boys are doing, Which of the following words BEST describe the tone used by Mama Taiye when she says “Sniall boy! I’ve seen him Steal a machine wiih heavy iron stand, Awhile everyone but the owner was Looking” (ines 7-8)? (B) — tnsblent and indifferent (©) Adiniring and apprehensive (D) Sarcastic and contemptuous 45. 16. 17. 18. “The statement “They ate both ‘Mania Adisa” (line 11) suggests that the tall man and the stall boy (A) are related to Mama Adisa (8) _ will confront Mama Adis sa together target (D) are going, to purchase items from ‘Mama Adis “The purpose of Josiah’s esteusive haggling swith, Mania Adisa is MAINLY to (A) prové to Mama Adisa that he is & trader could be robbed (©) ___ highlight his exceptional skill im price negotiation (D) allow him to get the best possible price for the perfume Which of the following words BEST describe Mama Taiye and her son, Palys? (A) __ Pleased and fearful (C) Alarmed and uninterested (D) Indifferent und unconeemed ‘The irony used in lines 53-55 (“hope this trend .,, customers”) is effective because it (A) explains how the confiiet of the extract is resolved (B) gives background information about the action in the extract (C) assumes that the evil influence would not affect the rest of her day discovery that she has been robbed GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE8. 19, ‘The playwright reveals Mama Adisa’s 26. character mainly through (B) © w) props and stage directions characterization and setting suspe vse and foreshadowing Which of the following exeates humour in the extract? ca] ‘Taiye’s assumptions ys thai the snl an th mominy Mama ‘Taiye’s refiasal to call the police although she suspects what will happen Josiah’s attempt to purchase the sss than half of the GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEjuems 21230 asiraction: Read the fotlowing poem ‘carefully and then answer lies 21 19 as =10- jephaat Memory claims that in a jungle once ‘great mother elephant, crazed with grief for her lost son, ‘rapped her trunk around baobab! wes vad weenched it free from its upside down holt in the earth and trumpeted down the hole in the earth for her vanished ane [Slephant, the lost the cursed one amber up from under the big rees im Ques ‘Vietoria’s park. his man more pachyderm? thas matt SP draped loose, wrey, muddy as tompaulin, over swollen elephantiasis limbs. wre ves bent over, Weighed by the bag OF ese ver his shoulder, his lips drooped tubular Sraall children appear and chant, “elephant elephant, He rears back on his huge bind lexs trumpeting threats of legal surgery by broken glass bottle, vfeath to sunall children, who seatter before hhimn like antelopes sind olands, sKittering across the asphalt heading bone, Elephant, Ioneliest one in all ereation, YON friends the aight grazing mules, tethered Dy ark hills of coat in Mullings grass yard. Poor Elephant always walling hoping one day he would tum a comer and come upon ‘a clearing familiar to Jong memory, ‘wide green space and baobab trees who there his mother and tbe great herds would be, five. Lorna Goodison, “Elephant”. we In To Us, All Blowers Are Roses Giniveisity of Mlinvis Press, 199, P 9, sgn old tree with thick trunks very large, thick-skirmed mammal GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE2. “ue The poet uses the first s nza primarily to (A) prepare the reader for the elephant’s escape from the jungle (B) underscore the parent-child telatio whip that exists in the jungle through the use of — suggest metaphorically that the elephant is wild aud uncontrollable ©) Lines 10-11, (his man more pachyderm than mun, skin-Iraped loose, / grey, muddy as tarpaulin, oer swollen elephantiasis limbs”), are effective because of the simile which shows the extent of the man’s loneliness and is (A) that physically, man and elephant are alike use of all the senses which evokes sympathy in the reader for the state ¢fthe man image of a muddy man with swolle:, limbs which encourages the reader to be afraid «© wD) What impression is created by “He rears back on his huge hind legs trumpeting” (line 15)? (&)_ Adise sed elephant whose legs are swollen (B) The image of an-elephant that roams the city who transforms into an elephant, E by his size and his voice (D)_ {The sound of an elephant whose - voice shatters the ears of the smaller creatures that scamper away 2. 28. 2. Lines 17-18 antelopes | a because they (A) reinforce the motif of dommation and contzol in the wilds (B) deepen the entended metaphor bout the fue of wild animals {C) appeal to the thematic presentasion ‘oC fatherhood and transplantation the jungle and the urban setting Which of the following is NOT's figurative device? ®) —_ hed - bag of crosses” (line 12) (©) “He rears back on his huge bind legs” (line 15) (D) “skittering across the asphalt” Gine 18) Which of the following BEST describes the speaker’s attitude to Elephant? (A) Nonehalant and alot (B) — Coneiliatory and hopeful (©) Reproachfiul and reflective ‘The BEST example of the poet's use of contrast in this poem is the jungle to big trees in a park inthe city size of the elephant in the jungle and the swollen limbs of Elephant the loner differentiation between the homeless man and the elephant ‘with elephantiasis legs suggestion of the difference between the elephant in the jungle and the man the children tease «B) © (D) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE,-12- 28. Which of the followin; (a) “his tips drooped tubular” (line 15) (B) “threats of illewal surgery PY broken glass bottle” (line 16) (©) “tethered: by dark bills of coal” (ine 20) a be, free” (ine 2 ons as an effective oa : 29, The final st va tune ending to ths poem because it (A) concentrates mainly op the speaker's attitude to Elephant (8) _ giver the promise of a reunion te these who suffer Loss (©) soge2sts that Blephant will ne longer suiler from memory 1088 aud anxiety ame ‘always be the lost son who pines for his mother gisusedasasymbol? 30. The title “Eley (A) asa si appealing to reader animal Lovers (B) the sound of the woal poem Hilting efleet and makes it easier wo understand (©) dhe poem speaks stout dhe wide fof mother elephant ithe jungIe ‘who finally rejoins ber 908 ib of 108s Symbol of anoth und separative-14- structing: Read the followiug poem carefully and then answer Teens 31-49. Beentiful Creatures Brief as These (FG Jay Macpherson) Like butterflies but lately come From loag cocoons of summer ‘These liltle girls start back to school ‘To swarm the sidewalks, playing-felds, 5 Ani litter air with colour. sight they look within their clothes, ‘Their dresses looser than the Sulphar’s wings,! Itseems that even if the wind alone Were not to break them in the lofty tees, 40 They could not bear the weight of things. ‘And yet they exy into the moming alr ‘And bang from railings upside down ‘And laugh, as though the world were theirs ‘And all its buildings, trees, and stones 15 Were toys, were gifts of a benignant® sun. D.G, Jones, Literature in Canada Volume 2, Gage Educational Publishing, 1978, p. 469. ‘sulphur’s wings ~ reference to Zeus, the god of weather and atmospheric phenomena (for example, rein, lightning) 2Benignant — seemingly mild and kindly 31. What is suggested. by the opening lines 32. “Swarm the sidewalks” (line 4) and “liter “Like butierflies but lately come / From. air with colour” (line 5) are examples of long cocoons of simmer”? which of the following literary devices? *(A) The butteiflies are in cocoons. (A) Simile | (By The girls aré going ba a summer (8) Contrast jon. (D) Pex retumed to school. (dD) Thebutterieshave beenundergoing a transformation.33. 3. 35. 36. 15 ‘Yhe effect create! by “So slight they look within their clothes” (ine 6) is girls seem (B) a comparison of girls with butterflies ( (©) anemphesis on the kindof clothes the girls wore (D) — aclearerb mage of the girls littering the air ‘The poet places “dings” (line 10) in italies to focus on the gitls’ weight {C) _ highlight de weakness of butierflies (D) show that the lifespan of butterflies is quit short ‘The poet compares the girls with butterflies w of life (B) suggest at they are colourful and god-like (©) hint that ney are high-spirited and reserved (D) indicate that they are flighty and uncontrollable Which of the following statements is an ‘example of contrast found in the poem? pyri the ir and ang (A) Butterflies in co ‘sons, (B) The dwsses are looser than’ “the Sulph 1's wings. com the railings. (D) The girls swarm the sidewalk yet they litter the air with colour, 37. 38. 39, theins” (line 13) 1s because it (A) focuses on the gists ® « (©) compares the nlirms that the girls are wealthy in with the Sulphur’s wings inn thew dresses ‘conquered shelr environment Which of the following words BEST describe the speaker's attitude to the wils? (B) Approving und resigned (©) Despairing und outraged (D) Complimentary and nostalgic ‘The poet gives symbolic significance to the 1 lofty wees I Sulphur’s wings A. butterflies (A) Tand only (B) Land HI only (D) Ey tland Ul The title of the poem, “Beautiful Creatures Brief as These”, is effective MAINLY because it (A) suggests tht the girls are beautiful “and short (B) ‘comments on the short time when the butterities flitted around (©) _ indicates that the poet sees the girls ‘as beautiful creatures who are not very strong as delicate beauties is quickly eroded by reality GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE-16- lustcuction: Read the following extract carefully aud then answer ems 4i 30 un the basis of wld is stated or implica, rs 0 18 » 30 The faces at the grilied wiudows of the parish almshouse were looking out, on this tw Sauurdy alieevoa, ‘ona world of grey-Hlamnel and crieket, a ditferent world, as they had luoked every aftenivon frou the fong imprisonment of the wards. Something in those fuces told me they were all guings to die it the alnshouse, Standing on ihe cricket field 1 searched for the face of my father. It is not cricket, itis leaving the island that makes aie think about my father. Tam leaving the island, Aud as } walk into the driveway ofthe alushouse, know itis (00 kate now to think of saving him. It is too fate to become involved with this dying man. “You wasn’t eorting to visit this poor man, this poor father o” yourn?” It js Miss Brewster, the head nurse. She knew that | played cricket every Saturday on the field across the world trom the almshouse, ‘She herself resembles a half-dead, dried-out ying fish, wrapped in the grease-proof paper of her nurse's niform, “Every day he asking for you. All the time, day in and day out, And you is such a poor-great, ihigh-school educated bastard that you now acting too proud to come in here, because it isu almshouse and not a private ward, fo see your own father!” She was now leading me through rows of inen lying Tike soldiers on a battlefield. 1 tried to avoid their eyes. Lam (rightened. But] am leaving. 1 find mysell thinking about the trimmed sandwiches and the whiskey and sodas waiting for me at the fhrewell party jn houour of my leaving. I thought of Cynthia, 1 thought of her beautiful face. And F tied to hold her face in the hands »° my mind, and [squeezed it close to me and kept myself alive with the living uulside world of cricket ard cheess and “tea in the pavilion’, ‘Phroughout the laughter and the farewell specches and the drinks that afieruoon, wll | id hear was the slamming of many heavy oak doors of the rectory when 1 went to ask the canon to bury the pauper, And {iried to prevent the slamming from telling me what it was telling me: that I was out of place bere And when the party was over, Cynthia was with me on Gravesend Beach, Aad the beach was full of moonlight and love. “Write! Write, write, write, write me everyday of the week, every week of the deat, aud think of me always, and don't forget to write love poems like the ones you write in the college Jnagazine. have to tell father, F have to tell him J Jove you auxd that we are getting macried when you graduate.” Arc all the time Cynthia chattering aud chattering, "... but we should bave got mazried, even secretly and es>ped somewhere. Father won't ‘ye liked it but we wouldve been married. cynthia?” “Dauling?” “I “My Old Man, my Old Man is dying right now . “are you kidding? | dia’t even know you had an Old Man.” And she laughs, [was at the almshouse today, before-the party.” _ “Ig he really in the almshouse? You must be joking!” She turned her back to me, and her face io the sea. 35 “You areat pulling my leg, eh?” And before-Feould tell her about my father, who he was, how kid be wus, shy was wa'sing fromme and we were in her father’s Jaguar and speeding away from the beach.w ah 2. =17= And the next day, Lam sitting in the Seawell Airport terminal, waiting io be callad to board the plane ‘And Lani thinking now of Cynthia who promised (“Kpromise, I promise, I promise. Mas, you think 1 {going let you leave this place, leave Barbados? and 1 not going be there at te aixpor a photograph waving goodbye {ops the terminal and to yet ler photograph tbe the the social count. "}y cous to take The plane iy ready now, And Cynthia is not coming through the car park ia her not come, she has wot come is she promised. And 1 am leaving the island. 's Jaguar, She has Adapted from Austin Clarke, “Leaving this island Place”. dn The Oxford Be coi Shari Stories Oxford Universiny Press (UK), 1999, pp. 220-227, ‘The effeccof learnt 1g that the narrator rarely 43, An this extract, the writer's use of first visited his father even though he “played person narration BEST allows the cricket every Saturaay on the field across the world from the almshouse” (line 9) is that it (A) narrator to reveal his thoughts ‘about himself and his society (A) ignites the exile the narrator (B) secondary characters to reves! experienc! themselves through their actions (B) intensifies the narrator's internal (©) description of the physical setting conflict and the social world to be unbiased from his father (@) writer to objectively explore the () reveals that the narrator is selfish scene using precise, scientific and self-absorbed language What figurative device is used in the 44, ‘The protagonist exists in a world where he description of vfiss Brewster as “n halt is dead, dried-out ‘lying fish, wrapped in the prease-proof paper of her nurse’s uniform” ‘a misfit and part of a minority ines 10-11)? Dee ec worlds (A) Simile (©) asymbol of overwhelming success (8) Contre atid hope (D) —a.hezo who willingly chaitenges (D)— Personification’ : boundaries48. 46. 41. -18- What does the narrator learn in the course 48. of the extract? woken. (B) He enjeors writing love poems and he is very good atit (©) The wappings of success do pot exempt hisn (rom discrimination, (p) Success demands sacrifice, hard work and determination and the 49- exclusion of all distractions. “Whateifect does the narrator achieve by the repeated references to leaving the island? L. The journey motifs reinforced. Ii, His need to escape is biglighted. I, The determined finality of his decision is emphasized. (A) Land Ui only 50. (B) Land iL only (©) Want Lionly \Whien of the following statements BEST express # the theme of the extract? (A)_Komantic love is obsessive and social barriers. (€)__Uniequited love's painful and most times unstable. {D) __Lovg is complicated and almost ‘always ends ia betrayal. Which of the follows effective symbel of wealth, and aspiration is the ext (A) The moonlit beuel B) The ganic of cricket (D) The proposed phowgruph ‘The clima of the extrnet vocucs atthe . a (B) _algishouse, during a visit to hs dying father (©) eetory when the canon stains He door on him (D) farewell party, throughout the speech and drinks “The effect of the repetition in th BEST implics that the narrator (a) allows hatred and anger (© overwhelm him (C)__ regrets his romance with the ‘wealthy Cynthia (D) experiences cluss snobbery and social isolation