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This question paper consists of FOUR sections. SECTION A: Novel (35) SECTION B: Drama (35) SECTION C: Short stories (35) SECTION D: Poetry (35) 3. Answer only TWO QUESTIONS, ONE question each from ANY TWO sections. SECTION A: NOVEL Answer the question on the novel that you have studied. SECTION B: DRAMA Answer the question on the drama that you have studied. SECTION C: SHORT STORIES Answer the questions set on BOTH short stories. SECTION D: POETRY Answer the questions set on BOTH poems. Use the checklist on page 3 to assist you. 4. Follow the instructions at the beginning of each section carefully. 5. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in this question paper. 6. Start EACH section on a NEW page. 7 Suggested time management: Spend approximately 75 minutes on EACH section. 8. Write neatly and legibly. P.T.O. ### Page 3 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION A: NOVEL Answer ANY ONE question. QUESTION MARKS PAGE NO. 1. Cry, the Beloved Country 35 4 2. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 35 8 SECTION B: DRAMA Answer ANY ONE question. 3. Macbeth 35 12 4. My Children! My Africa! 35 16 SECTION C: SHORT STORIES Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts. 5.1 ‘A bag of sweets’ 17 20 AND 5.2 ‘The girl who can’ 18 22 SECTION D: POETRY Answer the questions set on BOTH poems. 6.1 ‘The night-jar and Inkosazana Yasezulwini’ 18 24 AND 6.2 ‘What life is really like’ 17 26 CHECKLIST NOTE:  Answer questions from ANY TWO relevant sections.  Tick () the sections that you have answered. QUESTION NO. OF QUESTIONS SECTIONS TICK () NUMBERS TO ANSWER A: Novel 1–2 1 B: Drama 3–4 1 C: Short stories 5 1 D: Poetry 6 1 NOTE: Ensure that you have answered questions on TWO sections only. P.T.O. ### Page 4 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 4 SECTION A: NOVEL In this section, questions are set on the following novels:  CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY by Alan Paton  STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE by Robert Louis Stevenson Answer ALL the questions on the novel that you have studied. QUESTION 1: CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY Read the extracts from the novel below and answer the questions set on each. The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected length of your answer. NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts, i.e. QUESTION 1.1 AND QUESTION 1.2. 1.1 EXTRACT A [Stephen Kumalo found his sister Gertrude.] The fear in her eyes is unmistakable. Now she will reveal herself, but his anger masters him, and he does not wait for it. - You have shamed us, he says in a low voice, not wishing to make it known to the world. A liquor seller, a prostitute, with a child and you do not know where it is. Your brother a priest. How could you do this to us? 5 She looks at him sullenly, like an animal that is tormented. - I have come to take you back. She falls on the floor and cries; her cries become louder and louder, she has no shame. - They will hear us, he says urgently. She tries to control her sobs. 10 - Do you wish to come back? She nods her head. I do not like Johannesburg, she says, I am sick here. The child is sick also. - Do you wish with your heart to come back? She nods her head again. She sobs too. I do not like Johannesburg, she 15 says. She looks at him with eyes of distress and his heart quickens with hope. I am a bad woman, my brother. I am no woman to go back. His eyes fill with tears, his deep gentleness returns to him. He goes to her and lifts her from the floor to the chair. Inarticulately he strokes her face … [Book 1, Chapter 6] P.T.O. ### Page 5 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 5 1.1.1 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches a name in COLUMN A. Write only the letter (A – E) next to the question numbers (1.1.1 (a) to 1.1.1 (d)) in the ANSWER BOOK. COLUMN A COLUMN B (a) John Harrison A organises the bus boycott to protest the increase in bus fares (b) Dubula B accompanies the reverend to the mission (c) Mr Mafolo house (d) Barbara Smith C supports James Jarvis after Arthur's death D masterminds the scheme of breaking into Jarvis's house E dismisses Sibeko’s daughter for brewing liquor in her room (4 x 1) (4) 1.1.2 Refer to lines 1 – 2 (‘The fear in … wait for it’). Explain why Gertrude is afraid of her brother. (2) 1.1.3 Refer to lines 3 – 5 (‘You have shamed … this to us’). (a) What tone would Kumalo use in these lines? (1) (b) Why would Kumalo use this tone in these lines? (1) 1.1.4 Refer to line 6 (‘She looks at … that is tormented’). What does this line reveal about Gertrude’s state of mind? Substantiate your answer. (2) 1.1.5 Refer to line 9 (‘They will hear us, he says urgently’). To whom is Kumalo referring when he says ‘They’? (1) 1.1.6 Refer to lines 18 – 19 (‘His eyes fill … strokes her face’). What do these lines reveal about Reverend Kumalo’s character? Substantiate your answer. (2) P.T.O. ### Page 6 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 6 1.1.7 Change ONE word to make this statement TRUE: Gertrude lives in Doornfontein. (1) 1.1.8 Refer to the novel as a whole. Gertrude is a deceitful woman. Discuss your view. (3) AND 1.2 EXTRACT B [John Harrison and James Jarvis are talking.] For this boy of his had gone journeying in strange waters, further than his parents had known. Or perhaps his mother knew. It would not surprise him if his mother knew. But he himself had never done such journeying, and there was nothing he could say. - Am I tiring you, Jarvis? Or is there perhaps something else you’d like 5 to talk about? Or go to bed, perhaps? - Harrison, you’re doing me more good by talking. - Well, that’s how he was. He and I didn’t talk much about these things. It’s not my line of country. I try to treat a native decently, but he’s not my food and drink. And to tell you the truth, these crimes put me off. I tell you, Jarvis, 10 we’re scared stiff at the moment in Johannesburg. - Of crime? - Yes, of native crime. There are too many of these murders and robberies and brutal attacks. I tell you we don’t go to bed at night without barricading the house. It was at the Phillipsons, three doors down, that a gang of these 15 roughs broke in; they knocked old Phillipson unconscious and beat up his wife. It was lucky the girls were out at a dance, or one doesn’t know what might have happened. I asked Arthur about that, but he reckoned we were to blame somehow. [Book 2, Chapter 2] 1.2.1 Describe the time and place where this extract is set. (2) 1.2.2 Explain what the phrase ‘journeying in strange waters’ (line 1) means. (2) 1.2.3 How does Jarvis's inability to relate to his son's experiences affect him? (2) P.T.O. ### Page 7 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 7 1.2.4 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A – D) next to the question number (1.2.4) in the ANSWER BOOK. Barbara Smith is Margaret Jarvis’s … A cousin. B niece. C daughter-in-law. D granddaughter. (1) 1.2.5 Refer to lines 9 – 10 (‘I try to … food and drink’). (a) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines. (1) (b) Explain why this figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2) 1.2.6 Refer to lines 18 – 19 (‘I asked Arthur … to blame somehow’). Explain the irony in these lines. (2) 1.2.7 One of the themes in the novel Cry, the Beloved Country is fear. Discuss this theme. (3) 1.2.8 Refer to the novel as a whole. Arthur Jarvis is a visionary man. Discuss your view. (3) [35] P.T.O. ### Page 8 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 8 QUESTION 2: STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE Read the extracts from the novel below and answer the questions set on each. The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected length of your answer. NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts, i.e. QUESTION 2.1 AND QUESTION 2.2. 2.1 EXTRACT C [Mr Enfield relates the incident with the girl.] Well, sir, he was like the rest of us; every time he looked at my prisoner, I saw that Sawbones turn sick and white with the desire to kill him. I knew what was in his mind, just as he knew what was in mine; and killing being out of the question, we did the next best. We told the man we could and would make such a scandal out of this as should make his name stink from one end of London to the other. 5 If he had any friends or any credit, we undertook that he should lose them. And all the time, as we were pitching it in red-hot, we were keeping the women off him as best we could, for they were as wild as harpies. I never saw a circle of such hateful faces; and there was the man in the middle, with a kind of black, sneering coolness – frightened, too, I could see that – but carrying it off, sir, really like Satan. 10 “If you choose to make capital out of this accident,” said he, “I am naturally helpless. No gentleman but wishes to avoid a scene,” says he. “Name your figure.” Well, we screwed him up to a hundred pounds for the child’s family; he would have clearly liked to stick out; but there was something about the lot … [Story of the Door] 2.1.1 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches a name in COLUMN A. Write only the letter (A – E) next to the question numbers (2.1.1(a) to 2.1.1(d)) in the ANSWER BOOK. COLUMN A COLUMN B (a) Mr Utterson A Blackmail House (b) Mr Enfield B Cavendish Square (c) Dr Lanyon C Gaunt Street (d) Mr Hyde D Queer Street E Soho (4 x 1) (4) 2.1.2 Change ONE word to make the following statement TRUE: The word “Sawbones” is a term used for a butcher. (1) P.T.O. ### Page 9 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 9 2.1.3 Refer to lines 1 – 2 (‘Well, sir, he … to kill him’). Explain why Sawbones feels this way about the prisoner. (2) 2.1.4 Refer to lines 4 – 6 (‘We told the ... should lose them’). (a) What tone would Mr Enfield use in these lines? (1) (b) Why would Mr Enfield use this tone in these lines? (1) 2.1.5 Refer to lines 6 – 8 (‘And all the ... wild as harpies’). What do these lines reveal about the women's state of mind? Substantiate your answer. (2) 2.1.6 To whom is Mr Enfield referring when he says, ‘the man in the middle’ in line 9? (1) 2.1.7 Refer to lines 11 – 13 (‘If you choose … Name your figure.’). What do these lines reveal about Mr Hyde’s character? Substantiate your answer. (2) 2.1.8 Refer to the novel as a whole. The door serves as a symbol of transformation. Discuss your view. (3) AND P.T.O. ### Page 10 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 10 2.2 EXTRACT D [Mr Pool calls for Mr Utterson’s help.] The besiegers, appalled by their own riot and the stillness that had succeeded, stood back a little and peered in. There lay the cabinet before their eyes in the quiet lamplight, a good fire glowing and chattering on the hearth, the kettle singing its thin strain, a drawer or two open, papers neatly set forth on the business-table and, nearer the fire, the things laid out for tea: the quietest 5 room, you would have said, and, but for the glazed presses full of chemicals, the most commonplace that night in London. Right in the midst there lay the body of a man sorely contorted and still twitching. They drew near on tiptoe, turned it on its back and beheld the face of Edward Hyde. He was dressed in clothes far too large for him, clothes of the doctor’s 10 bigness: the cords of his face still moved with a semblance of life, but life was quite gone; and by the crushed phial in the hand and the strong smell of kernels that hung upon the air, Utterson knew that he was looking on the body of a self-destroyer. ‘We have come too late,’ he said sternly, ‘whether to save or punish. Hyde 15 is gone to his account; and it only remains for us to find the body of your master.’ [The last night] 2.2.1 Describe the time and place where this extract is set. (2) 2.2.2 Explain what the phrase ‘the stillness that had succeeded’ (line 1) means. (2) 2.2.3 Refer to line 3 (‘a good fire … on the hearth’). (a) Identify the figure of speech used in this line. (1) (b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2) 2.2.4 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A – D) next to the question number (2.2.4) in the ANSWER BOOK. The phrase ‘crushed phial’ in line 12 suggests that … A Sir Carew has accidentally broken the phial. B Mr Utterson has destroyed evidence of the experiments. C Dr Lanyon has spilled the potion. D Mr Hyde has committed suicide. (1) P.T.O. ### Page 11 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 11 2.2.5 Refer to lines 15 – 16 (‘We have come … of your master’). Explain the irony in Mr Utterson’s reaction to finding Hyde's body. (2) 2.2.6 Why does Mr Utterson believe that Mr Hyde deserves to be punished? State TWO points. (2) 2.2.7 One of the themes in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the limits of scientific knowledge. Discuss this theme. (3) 2.2.8 Refer to the novel as a whole. Dr Jekyll is a tragic character. Discuss your view. (3) [35] TOTAL SECTION A: 35 P.T.O. ### Page 12 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 12 SECTION B: DRAMA In this section, questions are set on the following dramas:  MACBETH by William Shakespeare  MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA! by Athol Fugard Answer ALL the questions on the drama that you have studied. QUESTION 3: MACBETH Read the extracts from the play below and answer the questions set on each. The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected length of your answer. NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts, i.e. QUESTION 3.1 AND QUESTION 3.2. 3.1 EXTRACT E [Macbeth returns from murdering the king.] MACBETH: ‘… Cawdor Shall sleep no more, Macbeth shall sleep no more.’ LADY MACBETH: Who was it that thus cried? Why, worthy Thane, You do unbend your noble strength, to think So brainsickly of things. Go get some water, 5 And wash this filthy witness from your hand. Why did you bring these daggers from the place? They must lie there! Go carry them, and smear The sleepy grooms with blood. MACBETH: I’ll go no more. 10 I am afraid to think what I have done; Look on’t again I dare not. LADY MACBETH: Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers; the sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures. ‘Tis the eye of childhood 15 That fears a painted devil. If he do bleed, I’ll gild the faces of the grooms withal, For it must seem their guilt. Exit. Knocking within P.T.O. ### Page 13 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 13 MACBETH: Whence is that knocking? How is’t with me, when every noise appals me? 20 What hands are these? Ha! They pluck out mine eyes! Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red. 25 Re-enter Lady Macbeth. LADY MACBETH: My hands are of your colour, but I shame To wear a heart so white. Knocking. I hear a knocking At the south entry. Retire we to our chamber. 30 A little water clears us of this deed. How easy is it then! [Act 2, Scene 2] 3.1.1 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches the name in COLUMN A. Write only the letter (A – E) next to the question numbers (3.1.1(a) to 3.1.1(d)) in the ANSWER BOOK. COLUMN A COLUMN B (a) Lennox A strong, ruthless and ambitious wife (b) Lady Macbeth B protective mother and loyal wife (c) Young Siward C loyal, observant, cautious nobleman (d) Lady Macduff D honourable and brave young soldier E rightful heir to the Scottish throne (4 x 1) (4) 3.1.2 Why is Duncan visiting Inverness? (1) 3.1.3 Refer to line 2 ('Macbeth shall sleep no more!'). Explain what Macbeth means when he says, ‘Macbeth shall sleep no more!’. (2) 3.1.4 Refer to line 6 (‘wash this filthy witness from your hand’). (a) What tone would Lady Macbeth use in this line? (1) (b) Why would Lady Macbeth use this tone in this line? (1) 3.1.5 Refer to lines 19 – 20 (‘Whence is that … noise appals me’). What does this line reveal about Macbeth’s state of mind? Substantiate your answer. (2) P.T.O. ### Page 14 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 14 3.1.6 Refer to lines 27 – 28 (‘My hands are … heart so white.’) What do these lines reveal about Lady Macbeth’s character? Substantiate your answer. (2) 3.1.7 Change ONE word to make this statement TRUE: Banquo is the Thane of Glamis. (1) 3.1.8 Lady Macbeth’s ambition is her greatest strength. Discuss your view. (3) AND 3.2 EXTRACT F [The thanes discuss the approaching English forces.] MENTEITH: Revenges burn in them; for their dear causes Would to the bleeding and the grim alarm Excite the mortified man. ANGUS: Near Birnam Wood Shall we meet them; that way are they coming. 5 CAITHNESS: Who knows if Donalbain be with his brother? LENNOX: For certain, sir, he is not. I have a file Of all the gentry: there is Siward's son, And many unrough youths that even now Protest their first of manhood. 10 MENTEITH: What does the tyrant? CAITHNESS: Great Dunsinane he strongly fortifies: Some say he's mad; others, that lesser hate him, Do call it valiant fury; but, for certain, He cannot buckle his distempered cause 15 Within the belt of rule. ANGUS: Now does he feel His secret murders sticking on his hands; Now minutely revolts upbraid his faith-breach. Those he commands move only in command, 20 Nothing in love. Now does he feel his title Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe Upon a dwarfish thief. MENTEITH: Who then shall blame His pestered senses to recoil and start, 25 When all that is within him does condemn Itself for being there? P.T.O. ### Page 15 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 15 CAITHNESS: Well, march we on, To give obedience where 'tis truly owed. Meet we the medicine of the sickly weal, 30 And with him pour we in our country's purge, Each drop of us. LENNOX: Or so much as it needs, To dew the sovereign flower and drown the weeds. Make we our march towards Birnam. 35 [Act 5, Scene 2] 3.2.1 Describe the time and place where this extract is set. (2) 3.2.2 Explain the meaning of the phrase ‘Revenges burn in them’ (line 1). (2) 3.2.3 Refer to line 11 ‘What does the tyrant?’. If you were the director of the play, what would you tell Menteith to do when saying these words? State TWO actions. (2) 3.2.4 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A – D) next to the question number (3.2.4) in the ANSWER BOOK. The ‘tyrant’ referred to in the extract is ... A Malcolm. B Donalbain. C Macbeth. D Siward. (1) 3.2.5 Explain the irony in Angus's words in ‘Those he commands move only in command’ (line 20). (2) 3.2.6 Refer to lines 21 – 23 (‘Now does he … a dwarfish thief’). (a) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines. (1) (b) Explain why this figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2) 3.2.7 One of the themes in Macbeth is order and disorder. Discuss this theme. (3) 3.2.8 Refer to the play as a whole. Macduff is noble. Discuss your view. (3) [35] P.T.O. ### Page 16 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 16 QUESTION 4: MY CHILDREN! MYAFRICA! Read the extracts from the play below and answer the questions set on each. The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected length of your answer. NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts, i.e. QUESTION 4.1 AND QUESTION 4.2. 4.1 EXTRACT G [Isabel and Thami discuss Mr M.] THAMI: That classroom is a political reality in my life … it’s part of the whole political system we’re up against and Mr M has chosen to identify himself with it. ISABEL: [Trying a new tack] All right. I believe you. I accept everything you Said … about him, your relationship, the situation … no arguments. 5 Okay? But doesn’t all of that only make it still more important that the two of you start talking to each other? I know he wants to, but he doesn’t know how to start. It’s so sad … because I can see him trying to reach out to you. Show him how it’s done. Make the first move, Oh Thami, don’t let it go wrong between the two of you. 10 That’s just about the worst thing I could imagine. We all need each other. THAMI: I don’t need him. ISABEL: I think you do, just as much as he … THAMI: Don’t tell me what I need, Isabel! And stop telling me what to do! You 15 don’t know what my life is about, so keep your advice to yourself. ISABEL: I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to interfere. I thought we were a team and that what involved you two concerned me as well. I’ll mind my own business in the future. [She is deeply hurt. She collects her things] [Act 1, Scene 5] P.T.O. ### Page 17 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 17 4.1.1 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches the name in COLUMN A. Write only the letter (A – D) next to the question numbers (4.1.1 (a) to 4.1.1 (d)) in the ANSWER BOOK. COLUMN A COLUMN B (a) Renee Vermaas A rents out a room to Mr M (b) Oom Dawie B colleague of Mr M (c) Reverend Mbopa C plays a poor hockey game (d) Hillary Castle D member of debating team E inspector of education (4 x 1) (4) 4.1.2 In which township is Thami’s school situated? (1) 4.1.3 Refer to line 1 (‘That classroom is a political reality’). Explain Thami’s view. (2) 4.1.4 Refer to lines 4 – 5 (‘I accept everything … no arguments’). What is Isabel’s intention in saying these words? (2) 4.1.5 Refer to line 13 (‘I don’t need him’). (a) What tone would Thami use in this line? (1) (b) Why would Thami use this tone in this line? (1) 4.1.6 Refer to line 15 (‘Don’t tell me … what to do’). What does this line tell us about Thami’s state of mind? Substantiate your answer. (2) 4.1.7 Change ONE word to make this statement TRUE: Isabel’s favourite sport is soccer. (1) 4.1.8 Refer to the play as a whole. Isabel's open-mindedness is her greatest strength. Discuss your view. (3) AND P.T.O. ### Page 18 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 18 4.2 EXTRACT H [Mr M and Thami discuss the school boycott.] MR M: Talk to others. Bring them back into the classroom. They will listen to you. They look up to you as a leader. THAMI: No, I won’t. You talk about them as if they were a lot of sheep waiting to be led. They know what they are doing. They’d call me a traitor if I tried to persuade them otherwise. 5 MR M: Then listen carefully, Thami, I have received instructions from the department to make a list of all those who take part in the boycott. Do you know what they will do with that list when all this is over … because don’t fool yourself, Thami, it will be. When your boycott comes to an inglorious end like all the others … they will 10 make all of you apply for re-admission and if your name is on that list … [He leaves the rest unspoken] THAMI: Will you do it? Will you make that list for them? MR M: That is none of your business. THAMI: Then don’t ask me questions about mine. 15 MR M: [His control finally snaps. He explodes with anger and bitterness] Yes, I will! I will ask you all the questions I like. And you know why? Because I am a man and you are a boy. And if you are not in that classroom tomorrow you will be a very, very silly boy. THAMI: Then don’t call me names, Mr M. 20 [Act 2, Scene 1] 4.2.1 Describe the time and place where this extract is set. (2) 4.2.2 Refer to line 2 (‘They look up to you as a leader’). What does this line reveal about Thami’s character? (2) 4.2.3 Refer to lines 3 – 4 (‘You talk about … to be led'). (a) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines. (1) (b) Explain why this figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2) P.T.O. ### Page 19 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 19 4.2.4 Refer to lines 8 – 9 ('Do you know ... it will be'). If you were the director of the play, what would you tell Mr M to do when saying these words? State TWO actions. (2) 4.2.5 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A – D) next to the question number (4.2.5) in the ANSWER BOOK. The 'list' referred to in the extract is a list of ... A teachers who offered extra help. B students who participated in the boycott. C teachers who supported the boycott. D students who need extra help. (1) 4.2.6 Explain the irony in Mr M's words, ‘Because I am a man and you are a boy’ (line 18). (2) 4.2.7 One of the themes in My Children! My Africa! is the conflict between generations. Discuss this theme. (3) 4.2.8 Refer to the play as a whole. Thami is a committed activist. Discuss your view. (3) [35] TOTAL SECTION B: 35 P.T.O. ### Page 20 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 20 SECTION C: SHORT STORIES In this section, questions are set on the following short stories:  ‘A BAG OF SWEETS’ by Agnes Sam  ‘THE GIRL WHO CAN’ by Ama Ata Aidoo QUESTION 5 Read the following extracts from the TWO short stories below and answer the questions set on each. The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected length of your answer. NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts, i.e. QUESTION 5.1 AND QUESTION 5.2. 5.1 A BAG OF SWEETS EXTRACT I [A surprising reunion between Khadija and Kaltoum] You would have thought the past three years had never happened, the way my sister Khadija breezed into the family shop and stood beaming at me, radiating that glow that comes from knowing someone is surprised and overjoyed to see you. Like a good Muslim woman, her hair was tucked under a blue chiffon 5 scarf, she wore a delicate peach lipstick – but her legs were bare. She had discarded the traditional trousers Muslim women wear with a dress. Looking at her, standing there not attempting to hide her delight at surprising me, nor her own joy at seeing me, I marvelled at all she had forgotten. 10 After several minutes delighting in the joy of that meeting, her voice burst from her, as if a hand clamped over her mouth the past three years had just been removed. 'Kal-toum!' she said, stepping forward to embrace me. Without thinking, I side stepped, moving out of her reach. She knew I 15 was never any good at pretending to be civil or courteous. Social niceties were never important to me. Khadija knew that. Safely behind the counter I made a pretext of flipping idly through a magazine, the way I would have done if there was no-one in the shop with me. I have to say this for Khadija, she was blessed with humility. 20 P.T.O. ### Page 21 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 21 5.1.1 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches the name in COLUMN A. Write only the letter (A – E) next to the question numbers (5.1.1 (a) to 5.1.1 (d)) in the ANSWER BOOK. COLUMN A COLUMN B (a) Khadija A place of tension and unresolved issues (b) The shop B brings shame on her family (c) Kaltoum C place of Friday prayers (d) Mosque D discards traditional family values E mother of two daughters (4 x 1) (4) 5.1.2 Refer to lines 5 – 6 (‘Like a good … legs were bare’). What do these lines reveal about Kaltoum’s attitude towards Khadija’s choice of clothing? Substantiate your answer. (2) 5.1.3 What happened to Kaltoum’s parents? (1) 5.1.4 Refer to line 13 ('Kal-toum!' she said, stepping forward to embrace me’). (a) What tone would Khadija use in these lines? (1) (b) Why would Khadija use this tone in these lines? (1) 5.1.5 Refer to lines 15 – 16 (‘She knew I … civil or courteous’). What does this line reveal about Kaltoum’s state of mind? Substantiate your answer. (2) 5.1.6 Refer to line 20 (‘I have to … blessed with humility’). What do these lines reveal about Khadija’s character? Substantiate your answer. (2) 5.1.7 Change ONE word to make this statement TRUE: Khadija visits the shop on Sundays. (1) P.T.O. ### Page 22 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 22 5.1.8 Refer to the short story as a whole. Khadija is a manipulative woman. Discuss your view. (3) AND 5.2 THE GIRL WHO CAN EXTRACT J [Maami and Nana are discussing Adjoa.] When I think back on it now, those two, Nana and my mother, must have been discussing my legs from the day I was born. What I am sure of is that when I came out of the land of sweet soft silence into the world of noise and comprehension, the first topic I met was my legs. That discussion was repeated very regularly. 5 Nana: “Ah, ah, you know, I thank my God that your very first child is female. But, Kaya, I’m not sure about her legs. Hm … hm … hm …” And Nana would shake her head. Maami: “Mother, why are you always complaining about Adjoa’s legs? ... If you ask me …” 10 Nana: They are too thin. And I am not asking you!” Nana has many voices. There is a special one she uses to shut everyone up. “Some people have no legs at all,” my mother would try again with all her small courage. 15 “But Adjoa has legs,” Nana would insist; “except that they are too thin. And also too long for a woman. Kaya, listen. Once in a while, but only once in a very long while, somebody decides nature, a child’s spirit mother, an accident happens, and somebody gets born without arms or legs, or both sets of limbs. And then let me touch wood: it is a sad 20 business. 5.2.1 Describe the time and place where this extract is set. (2) 5.2.2 Refer to lines 3 – 4 (‘when I came … was my legs’). (a) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines. (1) (b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2) P.T.O. ### Page 23 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 23 5.2.3 Refer to line 11 (‘They are too thin’). Why does Nana repeat this statement regularly? (2) 5.2.4 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A – D) next to the question number (5.2.4) in the ANSWER BOOK. Nana's special voice (line 12) is used to … A encourage Adjoa. B praise Maami. C teach Adjoa. D silence Maami. (1) 5.2.5 Discuss how Maami defends Adjoa against Nana's criticism. (2) 5.2.6 Explain the irony in Nana's words, ‘But Adjoa has … for a woman.’ (lines 16 – 17). (2) 5.2.7 One of the themes in ‘The Girl Who Can’ is societal expectations. Discuss this theme. (3) 5.2.8 Refer to the short story as a whole. Adjoa is a determined and insightful girl. Discuss your view. (3) [35] TOTAL SECTION C: 35 P.T.O. ### Page 24 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 24 SECTION D: POETRY In this section, questions are set on the following poems:  ‘The night-jar and Inkosazana Yasezulwini’ by Chris Mann  ‘What life is really like’ by Beverly Rycroft NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH poems, i.e. QUESTION 6.1 AND QUESTION 6.2. QUESTION 6 6.1 Read the poem below carefully and then answer the questions which follow. The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected length of your answer. The night-jar and Inkosazana Yasezulwini – Chris Mann The Princess of the Heavens – Zulu 1 The speckled bird as brown as dust 2 which roosts inside a bush by day, 3 hiding its head against the glare, 4 at midnight pecked against the pane, 5 and gently pecked, until I saw 6 the starlight glitter through its beak. 7 On calm and tender summer nights, 8 when fishes bite the wobbling moon, 9 and moths rise to silvery fruit 10 sprinkling the space among the boughs, 11 it wakes and glides from sill to sill 12 across the worn-out, curtained town. 13 It shook the sandman from my sight, 14 and when the tar-bound slope had turned 15 to bush and rocky hill it said, 16 'There is a grass-house in the hills, 17 above the coast where sugar spumes, 18 and lilies sprout, and no storms fly. 19 'There, the Princess of the Heavens, 20 beside her dark as honey feet, 21 gathers up the dreams which reach her 22 and stooping to her woven pots 23 rinses them in rainbow water, 24 or stores them with the morning mist. P.T.O. ### Page 25 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 25 25 'Go, waking sleeper, call to her, 26 and wading through the icy stream 27 in which the golden pebbles shine, 28 ask her if her power is love, 29 for she is old as she is young, 30 and without her, no one dreams.' 31 She leaned against a leafless tree 32 on which a crown of crimson burned, 33 and then the hill began to dim, 34 and standing in the greying rocks, 35 I heard the nightjar fade, from sill 36 to sill, across the windowed town. 6.1.1 Complete the following sentences by using the words in the list below. Write only the word next to the question numbers (6.1.1(a) to 6.1.1(d)) in the ANSWER BOOK. lyric; myth; nocturnal; supernatural; human; ballad; method; diurnal This poem is a (a) … based on a Zulu (b) … . The bird in this poem is (c) … and the Princess is believed to have (d) … power. (4 x 1) (4) 6.1.2 Describe the time and place where stanza 1 is set. (2) 6.1.3 Identify the figure of speech used in line 1 (‘The speckled bird as brown as dust’). (1) 6.1.4 Explain why the speaker says, ‘It shook the sandman from my sight’ (line 13). (2) 6.1.5 Explain the oxymoron in line 25 (‘Go, waking sleeper, call to her’). (2) 6.1.6 Change ONE word to make the following statement TRUE: The Princess of the Heavens is mortal. (1) 6.1.7 One of the themes in The night-jar and Inkosazana Yasezulwini is hope. Discuss this theme. (3) 6.1.8 The Princess of Heavens can be seen as the keeper of dreams and love. Discuss your view. (3) AND P.T.O. ### Page 26 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 26 6.2 Read the poem below carefully and then answer the questions which follow. The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected length of your answer. What life is really like – Beverly Rycroft 1 You need to toughen up 2 my father would complain 3 when l was small 4 I ought to take you to see 5 chickens having their heads 6 chopped off. 7 That'd teach you 8 what life is really like. 9 He'd seek me out 10 when one of his pigeons 11 – crazed for home or 12 mad with terror from a 13 roaming hawk – 14 would tumble into 15 the loft 16 mutilated by 17 wire or beak. 18 I was the one made to 19 clench my palms round 20 its pumping chest, 21 to keep it still while 22 my father's hairy fingers stitched 23 its garotted throat 24 angrily to rights again. 25 You see life is a fight for survival 26 he'd shout, forgetting 27 he was not lecturing his students 28 or giving his inaugural address 29 You gotta roll with the punches. 30 i waited and waited for that bitter 31 roughness to spy me and circle 32 in to land 33 years and years 34 of flinching anticipation until 35 the day i came home from hospital P.T.O. ### Page 27 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 27 36 and my father dressed my wound. 37 Easing with practiced hands 38 the drip from my bulldozed chest 39 he renewed the plaster in breathing silence 40 never speaking never 41 once saying 42 Life's a bastard 43 Toughen Up. 6.2.1 What is meant by ‘toughen up’ (line 1)? (1) 6.2.2 Refer to lines 11 – 13 (‘– crazed for home … a roaming hawk –’). (a) What does the phrase ‘crazed for home’ suggest about the pigeons' behaviour? (1) (b) Explain the meaning of the term ‘roaming hawk.’ (2) 6.2.3 In the context of the poem, explain why the speaker says, ‘ I was the one made to’ (line 18). State TWO points. (2) 6.2.4 Refer to lines 30 – 35 (‘I waited and … home from hospital’). (a) What tone would the speaker use in these lines? (1) (b) Why would the speaker use this tone? (1) 6.2.5 Refer to line 38 (‘the drip from my bulldozed chest’). (a) Identify the figure of speech in this line. (1) (b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this line. (2) P.T.O. ### Page 28 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (PAPER 2) 10052/25 28 6.2.6 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A – D) next to the question number (6.2.6) in the ANSWER BOOK. ‘breathing silence’ (line 39), is an example of ... A hyperbole. B a metaphor. C personification. D a simile. (1) 6.2.7 Refer to lines 37 – 41 (‘Easing with practiced … never once saying’). What does the father’s silence while dressing the speaker's wound reveal about his state of mind? Substantiate your answer. (2) 6.2.8 The title, ‘What life is really like’, is suitable for this poem. Discuss your view. 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