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NCSE (LEVEL I)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 2OI3
PAPER 3
SECTION ONE
QUESTION
I
SECTION TWO
QUESTION
2
QUESTION
3
QUESTION
4
INSTRUCTIONS Read the following carefully:
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.
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
xRemorse
- regret or guilt
QUESTIONS:
(4 marks)
(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)
(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
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.
Questions:
l. Select a text in which a character has a problem with someone who has power.
(b) Name the character that has a problem with someone in authority or who has
power. (l mark)
(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.
(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)
(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)
END OF TEST
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9
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t0
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ll
Question Number
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t2
Section Question Number
13
Section Question Number
T4