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EDUCATION 2OI3
(Level 1)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

PAPER 3

TIME 2 HOURS

Sfudent's Name

School's Name

School's ID

Student's Number
 NCSE (LEVEL I)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 2OI3
PAPER 3

TABLE QUESTION MARI(ER'S EXAMINER'S TOTAL

NUMBER NUMBER INITIALS INITIALS MARK

SECTION ONE

QUESTION
I
SECTION TWO

QUESTION
2

QUESTION
3

QUESTION
4
 INSTRUCTIONS Read the following carefully:

1. This paper consists of TWO (2) sections.

2. In Section I, there are questions based on a poem. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

3. In Section II there are THREE (3) questions based on literary texts which you have studied in
class. Answer TWO (2) questions from this section on the blank pages provided at the end of
this test booklet.

4. Begin each of your answers for Section II on a new page. Place the question number and the
title of the literature text selected at the top of each page of your answer.

5. You should spend approximately 30 minutes on Section I and 90 minutes on Section II.

6. Write the following on the cover of this test booklet:

a. Student's Name
b. School's Name
c. School's ID
d. Student's Number

7. If you have finished before time is called, go back and check your responses.
 NCSE LEVEL I 2OI3
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
PAPER THREE

SECTION I
Instruction: Read the following poem and ryl! the questions that follow.

Earlv Innocence

*Remorse never came near it

When we sank PuPPies and kittens

or when we whacked worms

to see how Pieces wriggled'

5 It could have been called Pure

how we tested birds-egg thinness

With knocks' and how we took
Half fulIbags of fledglings
from summer woods'

l0 But then earlY fun had not become

an exPert's guide to living
to make the mute and the weak PaY,
in jungle or citY'

EverY fish we hooked we cooked'

EverY bird we shot was seasoned'

BY James Berry @daPted)

xRemorse
- regret or guilt
QUESTIONS:

1. Briefly describe what the poem is about.

(4 marks)

2. "...when we whacked worms

to see how pieces wriggled"
What is the literary device used in the lines above? Give one reason for yotn response.

(4 marks)

3. What is the mood expressed in the first two stanzas of the poem? Support your answer with
two examples.

(5 marks)
4. State one childhood behaviour revealed in the poem? Support your answer with a suitable
quotation.

(4 marks)

5. State two positive things you did for fun when you were younger. Compare what you did with
what the children did in the poem.

(6 marks)

6. Explain the meaning of the word 'tested' as it is used instanza2.

(3 marks)
7 . Why do you think the poet repeated the word 'every' in stanza 4?

(4 marks)

8. Explain the last two lines of the poem in your own words.

(4 marks)

9. Why is the title of the poem 'Early Innocence'? Use two examples from the poem in
explaining your response.

(6 marks)
Total40 marks
 SECTION II
RESPONSE TO LITERATURE TEXTS

Answer TWO (2) questions from this section.

You are required to use a different text (novel, short story, poem or play) for each question. The
texts you choose must be ones that you studied in class. Write the full name of the text (novel, short
story, poem or play) on the first line of your answer to each question. Refer to the texts to support
your answers. Your responses should be in essay format.

o Each question is worth a total of 30 marks

o Content: 20 marks
o Organization and Language: 10 marks

Questions:

l. Select a text in which a character has a problem with someone who has power.

(a) Name the text. (1 mark)

(b) Name the character that has a problem with someone in authority or who has
power. (l mark)

(c) Describe the problem that the character faces. (4 marks)

(d) Explain how the character deals with the person in power. (5 marks)

(e) Using evidence from the text identiff TWO qualities revealed by the
character in dealing with the person who has power. (6 marks)

(0 If you were the character in the text, describe how you would have responded
to the person who has power and give a reason for your answer? (3 marks)

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2. Select a text in which setting is important in the development of the plot of the story.

(a) Name the text. (1 mark)

(b) (i) Identify a setting in the text where major action takes place.
a (1 mark)
(ii) Describe the setting where the action takes place. (4 marks)

(c) (i) Describe the major action that occurred at that setting. (4 marks)
(ii) Give the main reason why the action occurred. (5 marks)

(d) If you were the author of the text, what would be another setting you would
choose for the action and state the reason for your choice? (5 marks)

3. Choose a text in which the major character experiences a significant relationship

with another character.

(a) Name the text. (1 mark)

(b) Name the characters involved in the significant relationship. (1 mark)

(c) Describe the relationship between these two characters. (4 marks)

(d) Discuss how their relationship affects the outcome of the story. (6 marks)

(e) In your opinion is the relationship a lasting one? Give evidence for your
answer. (5 marks)

(f) If you were the major character state what you would have done differently
and give a reason for Your answer.
(3 marks)

BE SURE YOU HAVE ANSWERED TWO (2) QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION

END OF TEST
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