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EXCERPT 1

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EXCERPT 2
a) Before
Alvita, Montano and Nicole complete their skit, vacate the dais and resume their seats.
Mayor Mossi speaks to the principal and the teachers thanking them for the great innovation
of The Samaritan. Mayor Mossi praises the App because it will better their lives more
especially in prolonging lives.
Mayor Mossi, however, decides not to launch the App nor present the prize today because
that they need time to reflect on its implications.
He then requests the teachers and the students to leave them with the Principal and Ms Nicole
to discuss how to move forward with the innovation.
After
Mayor Mossi raises his voice on Teacher Nicole reminding her that he is the Mayor and that
his decisions supersede those of any education offcial" anywhere in the country.
He orders her to obey him by writing a letter to the Minister for Education education
expressing reservations about the The Samaritan. Pirro argues that they cannot overrule the
Minister. Mayor Mossi interrupts him saying that having be given express mandate by the
people of Maracas Municipality, he cannot argue with a simple Chairman of a Local School
Board.
Nicole informs the Mayor that there is little they can do because the App has been online for
a month and has been taken over by the National Information and Communications
Technology Corporation. Upon Mayor Mossi's insistence that she writes the letter, Nicole
tells him that she will do what is right.

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b) He says that the app will be used as a platform for misinformation, lies and witch-hunt.
c) He is dictatorial/authoritative — I will launch it at my own convenient time. Halt any
activities regarding that thing until my office gives further guidance.
Superstitious — last year, someone spread a rumour that I had died and he almost died as a
result.
Proud — having been given direct mandate by the people of Maracas Municipality, he feels
that his decisions supersede those of any education official anywhere in the country. He is
apprehensive he fears that the app can be used as a platform for misinformation, lies and
witch-hunt which can cost him his life.
d) The Samaritan. It's a people's platform as it is being used by the people to monitor the
performance of the leaders, expose corruption and other vices and agitate for the prosecution
of culprits.
e) The assessment of the innovations was done by senior officers at the Ministry of
Education.
Experienced software engineers were involved and
The App passed all the test.
No errors were found.
f) Think about it, will you?
g) Siunile — he just sent a text message on some social media and it spread like a wild bush
fire.
Foregrounding/foreshadowing — the swallowing of the toothpick and near death of the
mayor foretells the mayor’s waterloo later when he is arrested and led to the headquarters for
prosecution.
Sarcasm — they might spread another rumour ...and you might swallow another toothpick.
Humour — they might spread another rumour ...and you might swallow another toothpick.
Irony — Mayor Mossi is desperate to stop the launch of the Samaritan yet he has been
informed that the President of the Republic is scheduled to launch the app officially at the
national level.
h)
i. Far-reaching implications - have great influence and affects a great number of
things/great effects
ii. Halt - stop
iii. Kept us in the dark — deliberately denied us knowledge of something.
iv. Figure out away — find a way/solution

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EXCERPT 3
Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow. (25 marks)
Seymour: Money, money, money! And more money.
Ted: You mean we give money to the two students and the teacher?
Seymour: No, mobilise enough money to fight any cases that might be brought up against us
and if necessary, enough for dealing in other ways with those who insist on pursuing us.
Ramdaye: Good idea, but I have loans and projects. I don't think I can raise any money now.
Bembe: I, too, just finished the Madingo Golf Club recently. I am as broke as a church
mouse.
Ted: I cannot raise a meaningful amount, either.
Harvester: If that is the case, they why can't we find a way of averting the court cases from
coming up in the first place?
Ramdaye: How can we do that?
Harvester: Restitution.
Ted: What is that?
Harvester: It's an idea that Struck me as I was having a walk along the beach yesterday. We
can conduct a truth and reconciliation exercise.
Bembe: How will that work?
Harvester: We will announce a grace period within which everyone in the Municipality
should come clean, confess their mistakes. give back what they have acquired irregularly,
forgive one another and then open up a new chapter Of honesty in the conduct of our
municipal affairs.
(Chuckling) That has never happened anywhere. in the world!
Harvester: It can be our local initiative. I know the tmth can set us free.
Harvester: Isn't restitution an admission of guilt? How can I incriminate myself? And in any
case, what if you are accused of crimes Other than acquiring wealth irregularly?
Ted : I doubt whether restitution is a good idea.
Ramdaye: That takes us back to the idea of raising money to fight the cases. We may have to
procure loans or sell some of our properties.
Seymour: Since we all do not have money, why can't we find a way Of getting that money
from the Municipal Fund?
Mossi: Municipal Fund? How?
Seymour: We just need to do some reallocation of budget line items.

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Ted: I agree. We must set aside some money to take care Of investigators, lawyers,
prosecutors and judges if things go
Seymour: You See, the waste disposal system in our town is in terrible state. There is garbage
all over the place and the drains are broken. As we speak, it is a serious health hazard. We can
justify reallocation of funds on the need to address this problem. In reality, we will use some
of the funds to fight Off cases that are without a doubt coming.
Mossi: (Surprised and in disbelief) What?
(a) Briefly explain what happens just before the events in the excerpt. (3 marks)
Justice Jaden absolves himself of the criminal proposals the Municipal Council leaders are
making about messing up The Samaritan.
Mayor Mossi tells the Council members that they need to do something, urgently, for they are
all in danger of prosecution. Hon. Seymour proposes about persuading Alvita and Montano
(the students behind The Samaritan) to drop The Samaritan matter.
Mayor Mossi proposes they better deal with the Ethics and Innovation Teacher who has been
assisting Alvita and Montano, instead of the students.
Hon. Ramdaye suggests they just get the information shared on The Samaritan out of there.
(b) What does Hon. Seymour imply when he says they need to mobilise enough money. if
necessary, enough for dealing in Other ways with those who insist on pursuing them? (2
marks)
• Hon. Seymour (presumably) runs a murderous gang, Black Swan. He could, therefore, be
implying that they could mobilise enough money to pay the members of this murderous gang
to deal with their insistent pursuers.
(c) Identify with appropriate illustrations two character traits ofHon. Seymour brought out in
the excerpt.
Hon. Seymour is:
• Evil/villainous/iniquitous: He feels the Council leaders should mobilise enough money to
deal with their persistent pursuers in other ways.
• Doubting/questioning/skeptical: He is doubtful if Mr. Harvester's proposed restitution is a
good idea, for he feels it is an admission of guilt.
• Selfish//egocentric/egomaniacal: He proposes they find a way of getting money from the
Municipal Fund to fight their corruption cases.
• Admitting/genuine/ceding: He admits to the Mayor that the waste disposal system in their
town is in a terrible state.
(d) (i) I doubt whether restitution is a good idea. (Rewrite in the reported speech) (1 mark)
Ted said (that) he doubted whether/if restitution was a good idea.
(ii) It can be our Idcal initiative. (Add a question tag) (l mark)

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• It can be our local initiative, can't it?

(iii) Wejust need to do some reallocation of budget line items. (Rewrite in the passive) ' (l
mark)
Some reallocation of budget line items need to be one (by us).
(e) Discuss two thematic concerns of the writer raised in the excerpt. (4 marks)
• Corruption: Hon Seymour suggests the Council leaders need to mobilise enough money to
fight cases that might be brought up against them; money to take care of (bribe) investigators,
lawyers, prosecutors and judges if things go wrong,
• Bad governance/ineffective leadership: Out of negligence by the Municipal Council
leadership, the waste disposal system in the town is in a terrible state: there is garbage all
over the place and the drains are broken.
(f) Pick out and illustrate two stylistic devices used in the excetpt. (4 marks)
• Use of similes e.g. I am as broke as a church mouse.
• Use Of rhetorical questions e.g. Isn't restitution an admission of guilt? / How can I
incriminate myself? / And in any case, what if you are accused of crimes other than acquiring
wealth irregularly?
• Suspense: When Hon. Seymour says they need money enough for dealing in other ways
with those who insist on pursging them, the audience is left wondering what he means with
"other ways".
(g) Explain the meanings ofthe following words used in the excerpt. (3 marks)
Broke — beggared/destitute/penniless
Incriminate — accuse/indict/charge
Procure — acquire/bag/draw/attain
(h) Briefly explain what happens shortly after the events in the excerpt. (2 marks)
• Mayor Mossi informs Hon. Seymour that doing some budget reallocation will only get them
deeper into problems.
• Mayor Mossi swears not to approve a budget reallocation, terming it illegal.
EXCERPT 4
(a) Briefly recount the events leading to this excerpt. (2 marks)
• Hon, Ramdaye, Hon. Seymour and Hon. Ted are gathered in the Sky Room at the Madingo
Golf Club in the late afternoon.
• trio is reviewing the events Ofthe morning over bottles of hard drinks.
(b) Why does Hon. Ted doubt the brutal young man who disrupted their moming meeting to
discuss the Mayor's ouster were just hooligans? (2 marks)

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• Hon. Ted doubts the brutal young men who scuttled their morning meeting were just
hooligans because their organisation and speed had the precision of a military operation,
(c) Discuss two character traits of Hon. Seymour and one ofTed brought out in the excerpt. (6
marks) Hon. Seymour is:
• Brutal/savage/vicious: He returns the •act of brutality from the hooligans who attack them
to scuttle their planned meeting meant to discuss the Mayor's ouster with another piece of
brutality when draws out his gun and dares them to touch him.
• Bold/daring/courageous: He refuses to run (away) when brutal hooligans charge at him,
pulling out his gun and daring them to touch him.
• Humourous/amusing/funny: He elicits humour when tells Hon. Ramdaye that he was
shocked he could run as he did, at his age, adding that he whizzed past him like ali express
train, and that he never thought he could ever come to stop.
Perceptive/observant/critical: He observes that the group of young men who thwarted their
meeting at the Municipal Headquarters were not ordinary hooligans since their organisation
and speed had a military operation precision.
Determined/uncowed/unbowed: He tells his allies that they will not be cowed by the Mayor's
intimidation and so, they need to carry on with their plan to the last detail.
Hon. Teq is;
Humourous/funny/amusing: Making fun of the huge stone aimed at him by the hooligans, he
says the Stone flew past his head like a rocket-propelled grenade, adding that it missed his
head by' the thickness Of a pig's bristle.
Doubtful/suspicious/questioning: He doubts if the young men who scuttle their planned
meeting to discuss the Mayor's impeachment were just hooligans.
Underestimating/trivializing: He admits he had assumed wrongly that he and his allies could
whip up Councillors' and Aldermen's racial and class prejudice to get many of them tosupport
the cause — oust the Mayor.
(d) What two themes are evident in the excerpt? (4 marks)
Violence/Brutality
Hon. Ramdaye and his team's planned meeting to discuss the Mayor's ouster is violently
disrupted by Mayor Mossi 's sent brutal hooligans, with the Council leaders escaping injuries
narrowly. Intimidation/Blackmail
Mayor Mossi unleashes terror on Hon. Ramdaye and his team by sending Violent hooligans
to thwart their effort in discussing his ouster.
Ethnic and racial discrimination/Prejudice Hon. Ted observes that their political landscape
comprises Councillors and Aldermen of mixed ethnicity as well as those of the Afro and Indo
descent. He, again, says he had assumed wrongly that the Council leaders could whip up
racial and class prejudice to get many of the Councillors and Aldermen support their move to
send the Mayor packing Politics

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Hon. Seymour tells his allies that they must mobilise the entire Municipal Council to pass the
no confidence motion against the Mayor.
Conflict/An tagonism
There is conflict between the Mayor and Hon. Ramdaye's team. While Ramdaye and his team
are mobilising the entire Municipal Council to pass a no confidence motion against the
Mayor, the Mayor is doing everything to block their meeting to discuss his ouster.
(e) Single out and illustrate two features of style employed in the excerpt. (4 marks)
• Use of similes e.g. It flew past my head like a rocket-propelled grenade/You whizzed past
me like an express train/lt was like a military operation.
Hyperbole/exaggeration: Hon. Ted exaggerates the speed ofthe stone hurled towards him, and
his narrow escape when he says: It flew past my head like a rocket-propelled grenade. It
missed my head by the thickness of a pig's bristle!
Use of humour: Seymour evokes humour when he tells Hon. Ted that he was shocked he
could lun as he did at his age, adding that
he whizzed past him like an express train, and that he never thought he would ever come to a
stop.
(f) (i) I never thought you would ever come to a stop! (Rewrite beginning: How...) (l mark)
• How I thought you would never evgr come to a stop!
(ii) One of them aimed at a rock at my head. (Add a question tag)
• One ofthem aimed a rock at my head, didn't he?
(iii) Yes, their organisation and speed suggest there is more than meets the eye. (Write
replacing the underlined word with a phrasal verb. (1 mark)
• Yes, their organisation and speed put forward/point to/hint at/set forth/smack of something
more than meets the eye.
(iv) I dared them to touch me. (Report) (1 mark) • Seymour said he dared them to touch him.
(g) Explain the meanings of the following words used in the excerpt. (3 marks)
• Ouster — removal/expulsiowrelegation/impeachment
• Whizzed — fizzed/fizzled/flew/hissed
Go-getter — self-starter/doer/hustler

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EXCERPT 5
(a) Place this excerpt in its immediate context. (4 marks)
Before
Mayor Mossi suggests mobilising his Red Eagle network of young supporters to make the
Municipal Headquarters a no go zone for Hon.
Ramdaye and his team.
Inspector Bembe promises to get the Ghetto boyz and some undercover police to support the
Mayor's youth network.
Mayor Mossi asks Mr. Harvester to give the Black Man, the leader of the Red Eagle gang,
enough money to fund the exercise of blockingHon. Ramdaye's team from holding a meeting
at the Municipal Headquarters.
After
Mayor Mossi promises to talk to Justice Jaden after talking to Nicole, on the possibility of
imprisoning Hon. Ramdaye and his team.
Mr Harvester proposes they give Hon. Basdeo a dose of his own medicine by looking for
some damaging information about him and have it uploaded on The Samaritan.
(b) What two character traits of Inspector Bembe and one of Mayor Mossi come out in the
excerpt? (6 marks)
Inspector Bembe
He is:
Doubtful/suspicious/disbelieving: He doubts if the Mayor Will get the university an
alternative land so as to save his hotel and home.
Dishonest/deceitful/deceptive: He tells Mayor Mossi they could accuse Nicole of some crime,
like stealihg a school property.
Evil/villainous/fiendish: He plans to get someone to steal the school generator and then pin it
on Nicole.
Impelling/blackjacking/compelling/coercing: The Mayor observes that he uses the law of the
instrument and, thus, he could make matters worse if allowed to deal with Nicole.
Mayor Mossi
He is:
• Threatening/intimidating/blackmailing: He reminds Inspector Bernbe to get his undercover
police officers to shoot in their often, emphasizing that Hon. Ramdaye and his team must
know that he leaves thunder and smoke in his wake.
• Doubtful/pessimistic/skeptical: He seriously doubts if Nicole could oblige to editing or
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• Humourous/amusing/funny: He elicits humour when he tells Inspector Bembe that he uses

the law ofthe instrument, explaining that if all you have is a hammer, you tend to think
ofevery problem as a nail.
• Scheming/plotting/sly: He schemes to persuade Justice Jaden to imprison Ramdaye and his
team in order to abort the no confidence vote and fulfill the people's demand for the
imprisonment Of corrupt leaders.
(c) (i) Certainly the judge will not oblige. (Rewrite adding a question tag) (l mark)
• Certainly the judge will not oblige, will he?
(ii) Yes, in fact, we will get someone to steal the school generator and then pin it on her.
(Rewrite in the reported speech) (l mark)
• Bembe agreed that they would, in fact, get someone to steal the school generator and then
pin it on her.
(iii) But we still need to figure out how to deal with The Samaritan. (Rewrite replacing
phrasal verb in bold with one word) (l mark)
• But we still need to solve/puzzle/resolve/crack how to deal with the Samaritan.
(iv) If she doesn't yield, I will visit her. (Rewrite replacing "if' with "unless") (l mark)
• Unless she yields, I will visit her/l will visit her unless she yields.
(d) Identify two features of style used in the excerpt. (4 marks)
Use of irony: Mossi refers to Nicole as an enemy of the progress of their Municipality
because ofthe disclosures made in The Samaritan. Imnically, Nicole is a friend of the progress
Of the Municipality since the corruption disclosures made in The Samaritan will eventually
help cleanse the Municipal Council of corruption and general rot. Use of humour: Mayor
Mossi elicits humour when he tells Inspector Bembe that he uses the law of the instrument in
his approach to problems, explaining that if all you have is the hammer, you tend to think of
every problem as a nail.
(e) Discuss two themes raised in the excerpt. (4 marks)
Intimidation/Blackmail
Mayor Mossi tells Inspector Bembe to get his undercover police officers to shoot in the air
often, insisting that Ramdaye and his team must know that leaves thunder and smoke in his
wake.
Dishonesty/Deception/Deceit
Inspector Bembe is dishonest in that he plans to get someone to steal the school generator and
then pin it on Nicole.
Corruption
Mayor Mossi hints at existence of corruption in their Municipality when he says that
imprisoning Ramdaye and the members of his team will help in fulfilling the people's
demand for the imprisonment of corrupt . leaders.

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(f) Explain the meanings of following words used in the excerpt. (4 marks)
Filter — refine/clean/screen
Allegiances — devotion/loyalty/fidelity
Oblige — yield/bind/give in/conform
Aborted —Cancelled/dropped abandoned/called off
EXCERPT 6
(a) Briefly outline the events preceding this excerpt. (3 marks)
• Inspector Bembe accuses Nicole of having stolen the school generator.
• Nicole threatens the Inspector that if he insisted fabricating anything against her, she could
make it the darkest day in his career.
• Nicole tells Bembe that he must not break the law by accusing her of crimes she has not
committed.
(b) In the light of what has been happening in the text, why does Inspector Bembe tell Nicole
that she has a reputation for being too strong-willed to be suitable for a school teacher? (2
marks)
• Inspector Bembe tells Nicole that he has a reputation for being too strong-willed to be
suitable for a school teacher because he considers her rebellious and, therefore, not fit to be a
students' role model. She has turned a deaf ear on Mayor Mossi coercion to have
The Samaritan halt its activities, and Narine's persuasion about her
doing something about the Mobile App.
(c) Discuss two thematic concerns of the writer raised in the excerpt. (4 marks)
Violence/Brutality
Inspector Bembe is violent. He bangs the table violently and shouts an Order for his officers
to handcuff Nicole/lnspector Bembe hits Nicole on the face with a bunch Of papers/The
police officers drag Nicole on the floor.
Bad governance/ineffective leadership
The Municipal Council leadership has neglected its role in conserving the environment and,
thus, environmental degradation is evident.
Corruption
Nicole wonders why The Samaritan should be shut off when it has helped expose corrupt
dealings and the culprits.
Intimidation/Blackmail
Inspector Bembe appears to intimidate and blackmail Nicole into complying with his demand
when he tells her that she should be very afraid when she sees him personally involved in an
arrest since the matter warranting such an anest is as serious as death.

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(d) Identify one character trait of each ofthe following characters:

(i) Inspector Bembe
Accusing/blaming/charging/implicating
He accuses Nicole of having a reputation for being too-willed to be suitable for a school
teacher/He accuses her of being as stubborn as a mule.
Intimidating/threatening/blackmailing
He tells Nicole that he should very afraid when she sees him personally involved in an arrest
since such a matter is very serious.
Brutal/violent/explosive/furious
Out of fury, he hits Nicole on the face with a bunch of papers. Ignorantl unknowledgeable He
thinks The Samaritan is a physical thing (device) and asks Nicole about its whereabouts.
Sarcastic/eontemptuous/spiteful
In a feat of anger, he bangs the table violently with his gun and spitefully address Nicole as
"woman".
(ii) Nicole
She is:
Strong-willed/obstinate/stubborn
Inspector Bembe observes that she has a reputation for being too strong-willed to be suitable
for a school teacher.
Rebellious/defiant/resisting
She resists to be handcuffed until she is overpowered by the police officers.
Determined/unappeasable/unyielding
She determinedly tells Bembe that she is not guilty and, thus, refuses to be intimidated.
• Realistic/matter-of-fact/practical
He wonders if it is realistic to halt The Samaritan that has helped them fight environmental
degradation by exposing the culprits.
(e) (i) Because it is the right thing to do! (Rewrite replacing "Because" with another
subordinating conjunction) (l mark)
• Since/For it is the right thing to do.
(ii) You're as stubborn as a mule. (Rewrite addinga question tag) (l mark) You're as stubborn
as a mule, aren't you?
(iii) You're just confirming some of the other accusations that have been made against you.
(Rewrite replacing the underlined word with a phrasal verb) (1 mark)

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You're just beaming Out/backing up/checking out some-of the other accusations that have
been made against you.
(f) Pick out two stylistics devices employed in the excerpt and illustrate them. (4 marks)
• Use of similes e.g. You're as stubborn as a mule/ ...you must know it's a serious matter, as a
serious as death.
• Rhetorical questions e.g. Mr. Inspector, when The Samaritan helps us fight environmental
degradation by exposing the culprits, is that dangerous?/When it helps us to know who
supplies air to the Municipal Council instead of goods and services, is that dangerous?
• Symbolism: Bernbe's gun is a symbol of intimidation threat: Nicole recoils (in fear) when
the Inspector bangs the table violently with it.
(g) (i) We believe The Samaritan is your brainchild! (Rewrite in the passive voice) (l mark)
The Samaritan is believed to be your brainchild!
(ii) Then you have to shut it down yourselfl (Rewrite ending with 'then") (l mark)
• You have to shut it down yourself then!
(h) Explain the meanings Of the following words used in the excerpt. (3 marks)
Download — get off/compute/load/log in
• Brainchild — creation/invention/innovation
• Grave — serious/solemn/earnest
EXCERPT 7
(a) Place this excerpt in its immediate context. (4 marks)
Before
Mayor Mossi asks Nicole to find a way of eliminating some o! the negative information that
people post about him on The Samaritan, but she tells him she is not the administrator of the
App and therefore has no access to the backend.
Nicole informs the mayor that the National Information and Communication Corporation has
taken over The Samaritan and is making decisions on behalf of Alvita and Montano.
Mayor MOssi proposes to give Alvita and Montano, and Nicole money to surrender The
Samaritan to him but she refuses vehemently, terming this move corrupt.
Mayor Mossi absolves himself of the accusations of corruption and crime carried in The
Samaritan and claims he is being crucified for the mistakes of the people.
After
Mayor Mossi talks ill of Hon. Ramdaye and compares him to a Sloth, and Nicole presupposes
the Deputy Mayor must be a disgrace.

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• Mayor Mossi says Hon. Ted King, just like Hon. Ramdaye, is a disgrace to the Municipal
Council, having eaten a whole hospital as the Municipal's secretary for the Department of
Health and Environment.
(b) Mayor Mossi claims that Hon. Ramdaye has conned almost everyone in their town.
Mention one Council leader who has been conned and explain how. (2 marks)
• Hon. Ramdaye has conned Inspector Bembe by selling him a piece of grabbed public land
— land belonging to Maracas University — and issuing him with a fake title deed.
(c) Discuss two themes raised in the excerpt. (4 marks) Bad governance/ineffective leadership
Mayor Mossi is an effective leaders. As the overall Municipal Council leader, he has presided
over numerous corrupt dealings (inflation of the cost of Municipal projects) and poor
workmanship (shoddy Municipal. ' works), yet blames the people for voting corrupt
individuals into office.
Corruption
The Deputy Mayor practises corruption in form of nepotism.
He uses his position/office to ensure only his companies or
those of his relatives win tenders for road construction in the
Municipality.
• Decepiion/Dishonesty[Deceit
Hon. Ramdaye is said to have conned almost everyone in their city/ He.sells plots with fake
title deeds.
(d) Identify two-character traits of Hon. Ramdaye brought out in the excerpt. (4 marks)
He is:
• Gossiping/rumourmongering/interceding/brokering Mayor Mossi describes him as an
irredeemable gossip and broker.
• Corrupt/nepotistic/favouring
He uses his position Deputy Mayor to ensure only his companies or those of his relatives win
tenders for road construction in their Municipality.
• Deceptive/deceitful/dishonest
He is said to have conned almost everyone in their town/ Ile is said to sell people plots and
issue them with fake title deeds.
• Odd/eccentric/grotesque
The mayor says his Deputy is always found leaning on the street poles in their town's
backstreets. gazing vacantly into empty spaces like an evil spirit — waiting for fake title
deeds to be printed.
(e) What two stylistic techniques the writer has employed in the excerpt? (4 marks)

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• Use of similes e.g. Today, our secondary roads look like part Of an abandoned battlefield
where bombs were detonated/You always firid him learning on the street poles in our town's
backstreets, gazing vacantly into empty spaces like an evil spirit.
Sarcasm
Mayor Mossi uses sarcastic references towards his Council leaders. He, for instance, refers to
his Deputy as an
"Irredeemable gossip and broker", and sarcastically compares him to an evil spirit.
Rhetorical questions e.g. Why do the people glorify evil and mediocrity, and then turn and
whine when it hurts them?
(f) (i) They simply misappropriate the funds! (Rewrite in the passive) (l mark)
• The funds are simply misappropriated (by them)!
(ii) Only a few kilometres of road are usually dug up and then levelled. (Rewrite in the active
voice) (1 mark)
• They usually dig up and then level only a few kilometres of
(iii) Maybe it is because you are the overall leader. (Rewrite replacing "may be" with another
word)
• Perhaps it is because you are the overall leader.
(iv) The buck stops with you, as they say. (Rewrite adding a question tag) (1 mark)
The buck stops with you, as they say, doesn't it?
(v) Everywhere in The Samaritan, I am being aggusgd of inflating the cost of projects and
presiding over shoddy Municipal works.
(Rewrite replacing the underlined word with a phrasal verb) (l mark)
• Everywhere in The Samaritan, I am being pinned on/blamed for/indicated for/informed
against inflating the Cost Of projects and presiding over shoddy Municipal works.
(g) Explain the meanings of the following words used in the excerpt. (2 marks)
• Inflating — escalating/magnifying/overblowin&/bloating
• Misappropriate — embezzle/misuse/misspend/abuse
EXCERPT 8
a) They are doing so because Mayor Mossi has refused to allow for the reallocation of
budget line items or approve a supplementary estimate to help them get enough money to
fight court cases against them.
b) Bembe is apprehensive - he informs Mayor Mossi about the highly likelihood of his
untimely death /giving him the willies/worried about his blood sugar which isn't good
because of the countless cases he is accused of. Harvester is informed — he explains to.
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c) Metaphor — arsenal/a huge nightmare/porcupine Irony— the waste disposal system is in

a terrible state with garbage ail over the place And the drains are broken yet the council
members want to use this as an opportunity to get funds to fight court cases against them
instead of remedying the health crisis.
d) Hateful- he refers to him as the weather-beaten porcupine.
e) Apprehension- Bembe is apprehensive of the likelihood of his untimely, deathgiving him
the willies/worried about his blood sugar which isn't good because of the countless cases
he is accused of/Mossi fears that he will be sent to Baneta Express prison, the revolting
stench of which has made him unable to eat since yesterday:
Munimunicipal capture- abuse of office in which private interests determine the direction
of public policy.
Abuse of office — Harvester is accused of crimes of abuse of office on account of the -R
letters he did banning the use of Apps and the direction he gave to the ICT oficer to take
steps against suspect innovations.
Opportunism — learning that The Samaritan can be used to expose evil. Basdeo has
assembled serious arsenal against his political, opponents to bring the Mayor and others
down by withdrawing money, paying journalists to look for damaging information on
them and uploading it on The Samaritan
Politics — Mayor Mossi's opponents are, mobilising Councillors and aldermen to apass a
vote of no confidence in him.
f) Barely had I dispatched the letters when they found their way into The Samaritan
g) Inspector Bembe reads The Sentinel which claims that Mayor Mossi wrestled with
Seymour in a vicious duel in which he lost a tooth. Mayor dismisses the news as nonsense
Harvester reveals that The Caribbean revealed that Bembe's Madingo Golf Club is sitting
on Maracas University land, and that some lobby group is moving to court to have it
restored to the university.
h) Dependable allies — friends who are
Giving me the willies — stressing me
Damned place — cursed area/accursed space
Admissible in court — fair legal evidence/relevant legal facts
EXCERPT 9
a) He is reacting to Mayor Mossi's decision to halt the launch of the Samaritan at Sagrada
Secondary School and his ultimatum to Nicole to write to the Ministry of Education
indicating that there are some fundamental errors in it that she needs to attend to it before
launch, The leaders reject the Samaritan because it is exposing their evil deeds to the public
and the newspaper, something that is likely going to have them prosecuted and sent to Baneta
Express Prison.
b) They are both beaten up, stripped, mobbed and left for dead but the religious and political
leaders they expect to come to their aid don't care about them.
c) Biblical allusion the parable of the Good Samaritan in the good book. It is used to relate
the challenges that bedevil Maracas residents, their neglect by their leaders and the need for
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d) She is realistic She has realized that the plight of the Jew in the parable of the Good
Samaritan is similar to that of Maracas residents and the need for them to fight for
themselves.
She is caring/selfless she advises her students to shun selfishness and care for one another
instead, so as to spur prosperity in their Municipality.
She is brave she says whatever the leaders do to her doesn't matter and is ready to stand for a
cause that can bring a better tomorrow for everyone/she has resolved to improve their lives
and cannot chicken out at every obstacle and threat to her life.
e) It provides people with a smart and convenient tool for casting a spotlight on Maracas
leaders; expose their corrupt ways, expose their stolen wealth and create a better society for
everyone,
f) Apprehension You may be in grave danger, Mistress.
Corruption/Struggle against bad governance- The Samaritan is a platform where people can
expose the corrupt ways of our leaders, expose their stolen wealth and create a better society
for everyone.
Dishonest leadership — leaders talk about pursuing public interest without being genuinely
committed to it.
Plight of the common man — Maracas residents are beaten, stripped, robbed and left for
dead, but the leaders who should help them have refused to come to their aid. So, they have
to stand together and save themselves,
g) So big has it grown that it is not good for is anymore,
h)
I. Left for dead — left in a helpless state
II. Inspired motivated
III. Chicken out decides not do something out of fright;
EXCERPT 10
a) Before
Narine to Nicole should she have interfered with her timetable.
Explaining to Nicole that Mayor Mossi is coming to have a word with her launch of "The
Samaritan App, Narine hears a voice like the Mayor's and asks Nicole to hush.
After
A loud, deep and strong voice can be heard at the Secretary's office.
: Narine categorically informs Nicole that school has nothing to do with the Samaritan, so she
will not be part of her discussion with Mossi. The door swings open, Mayor Mossi walks in.
The trio shake hands after the hosts have risen up to greet the mayor.
b) Apprehension — the app has sent shock waves across the Municipality/leaders and many
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interfere with the objective of the school, she says that it must be brought to a close with the
urgency and seriousness it deserves.
Education/the role of the school — as teacher and mentor, Nicole did mid-wife The
Samaritan idea of the two students and guided them by providing direction regarding their
intellectual property/ Narine is focused on ensuring that teachers don't digress from the single
purpose of preparing the students to be responsible and productive citizens by providing them
with quality education.
Fight for good governance — Nicole asks Narine if she would rather they abandon such an
ingenious innovation as The Samaritan, with such great potential of improving governance in
the Municipality, just to appease a self-seeking political classe
c) Narine
Apologetic — My apologies if I interfered with your timetable.
Principled/uncompromising — I have never allowed, and will not allow, any teacher in this
institution to deviate from this course/it must not derail us from the greater good that is the
mission of the school,
Appreciative — she acknowledges and appreciates Nicole as one of her best members of
staff/ what you are doing is
Apprehensive — she fears that The Samaritan is dangerous and can derail them from the
greater mission of the school, so it must be put to rest.
The Municipal leaders
Apprehensive — they are in terrible panic,
Self-seeking/egocentric/selfish — they are a self-seeking political class,
d) —The App has sent shock waves across the Municipality/putting this matter to
rest/running the show/behind thescene.
Rhetorical question — But then, isn't that my role as ……..
rather that we abandon such an ingenious innovation, with such great potential of irnproving
governance in our Municipality, just toplease self-seeking political class?
e)
i. Wrestling match-combat/battle
ii. An elephant — a dangerous/strong opponent
f) Will you listen to me, young lady?
g) Narine fears that the political leaders, who are in terrible panic following the shock waves
Sent by The Samaritan, can derail the school from the greater mission of preparing students
to be responsible and productive citizens, by fighting Nicole and her two students who are
involved.
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i. Midwife —came up with

ii. Ingenious —clever/creative
iii. Figure out -- work out
iv. Defer—postpone
EXCERPT 11
a) Before
• Mossi asks Nicole if she did what he asked her to do.
• Nicole informs Mayor Mossi that she wrote a letter to the Ministy detailing his concerns
and they wrote back through the Principal. Mayor Mossi is shocked by Nicole's move, asks
Narine how come she never brought the Ministry's communication to his attention.
• Narine informs Mossi that she sent him a copy of the Minister's letter a month ago. Arguing
that he has been busy, Mossi asks Narine about the content of the letter.
After
Nicole reiterates that she has no proprietary claims that would entitle her to make a decision
regarding the App, adding that it is the intellectual property of the two students, not hers.
Mossi tells Nicole that she needs to look at the matter in some depth to realize that he is being
unfairly crucified for the mistakes of the people,
b) Narine
Protective she pulls her school out of The Samaritan talk in light of the Minister's
clarification that the school has nothing more to do with the App, so the mayor’s talk with
Nicole is a private affair which has nothing to do with the school, Appreciative — Thank you,
with a firm voice, she tells Mossi that she has
Assertive — she informs the mayor she cannot eliminate the negative information posted
about him on the app because She is not an administrator, has no access.
backend/clever/smart - that was a clever manoeuvre on your part.
Apologetic -1 am sorry if I have appeared a bit hard on you, Nicole.
Apprehensible - my major worry is that a malicious person... will deliberately post false
information about me on the App/ The Samaritan App has far reaching ramifications/l am
very vulnerable to falsehoods.
Corrupt — we all need money... Just quote your figure, however big.
c) Irony — Mayor Mossi claims to have come to Nicole to own up to his mistakes and seek
her understanding and help yet he still wants to bribe Nicole to help him eliminate the
negative information posted about him on The Samaritan App.
d) Not being an administrator, she has no access to the backend. She cannot prevail upon the
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the App, is making decisions on behalf of the kids and is planning to commercialize the App.
She has never been, and will not be involved in corrupt schemes.
e) Apprehension — My major worry is that a malicious person or a political opponent will
deliberately post false information/ The Samaritan App has far reaching ramifications... I am
very vulnerable to falsehood as a leader.
Corruption — We all need money... just quote your prize, however big.
Desperation — Mossi is so bent on getting Nicole to help eliminate some of the. negative
comments about him on the App that he is ready to pay her any amount of money — please
find a way of eliminating some of the negative information that they post about me/Just quote
your prize. The role of technology in fighting evil — Mayor Mossi confirms that The
Samaritan App has far reaching ramifications, so he has come to own up to my mistakes and
seek your understanding and help.
f) Why has Mayor Mossi come to see Nicole? (3 marks)
He has come to find out if she did write a letter to the Minister for Education indicating that
there are some fundamental errors in the App and seek her help in dealing with the Samaritan
by helping delete comments that portray him in- negative
g) You and I can bring the technical expertise and inject the necessary seed capital
h)
i. Clever manoeuvre — an ingenious/shrewd/adroit move/ploy/trick,
ii. Defames — slanders/ denigrates/disparages/deprecates/vilifies
iii. Ramifications -
EXCERPT 12
a) Before
Nicole asks why Mayor Mossi cannot have bad leaders prosecuted using the evidence he has
against them.
Mayor Mossi informs Nicole that he can't have the evil leaders prosecuted because judges are
themselves worse than temple robbers, Mossi asks Nicole if she knows what is happening
right now.
After
Mossi tells Nicole that The Samaritan can only make things worse because the leaders are
naturally evil and the people are basically beyond redemption. Nicole tells Mossi that she
doesn't understand what he is saying. Mossi explains that the problem is the people.
b) Symbolism — loaf of bread,
Hyperbole — They eat the whole loaf together with the wrappings and, where possible, even
the vendor/His wife, daughters, sons, cousins, in-laws, out-laws too; and I think even his
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Simile -Justice Jaden hawks justice like cabbages/But that is just the exterior as we see the
flowers on the surface of a fresh grave.
Metaphor — the outer looks are the ornaments of a grave/The wife is total garbage
Biblical allusion - ...the Son of Man cursed them
c) The Samaritan has exposed the following:
Mayor Mossi of municipal capture.
Hon. Ted and Hon. Seymour's companies bill the Municipal Council huge sums of money
every month without rendering any service/supplying air Bembe as having built his Madingo
Golf Club on Maracas University land using bribes collected from motorists, as well as
countless cases including corruption, violation of human rights, drug peddling and extortion.
Harvester as having done letters banning the use of Apps and directing their ICT
officer to take steps against suspect innovations and ordering the purchase of all newpapers
the other week using public funds following the Mayor's instructions.
d) Embezzlement of funds/abuse of power — a section of the municipal leadership is
demanding that I approve a budget reallocation so as to give each Council member money to
cater for their selfish interests of fighting court cases that might come up against them
following the exposures in The Samaritan.
Blackmail — a section of the municipal leadership is demanding that Mossi does budgetary
reallocation to get the money to fight court cases or else they will pass a vote of no
confidence in him
Corruption/bribery All this money will end in the pockets of the judges and
lawyers/Justice Jaden hawks’ justice like cabbages.
Nepotism/Geed —You might think our Department of Infrastructure is the official residence
of the Romdaye family/ Mossi eats three slices of the people's bread while the other criminals
eat the whole loaf together with the wrappings and ...even the vendor his children...are all on
drugs/ Seymour....does Drug trafficking/drug abuse
e) Jaden is corrupt — he hawks justice like cabbages
Ramdaye is greedy/egocentric — his family (wife, children, cousins, in-laws and out-
laws) is doing almost all Municipal Council projects that fall under his department.
f) Who are all these people answerable to?
g) Mobilized -organized
Criminal enterprise — unlawful group
Inebriated — drunk/intoxicated
Perpetually drunk — continually sozzled

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EXCERPT 13
a) Mossi explains that the people are to blame for the evils in Maracas Municipality because
they elected the evil leaders.
Mossi adds that The Samaritan should focus on the people if it intends to solving problems in
Maracas Municipality.
Nicole asks Mossi if The Samaritan focuses on the people.
Mossi says the people should stop whining after electing bad leaders.
Nicole says that people are not whining but demanding things to be done right and justice to
be served.
b) Yes. This is because it is lack of morals among leaders that is ruining the society.
c) Nicole — responsible — she teaches her students to uphold the moral and civic virtues
without which our society can never prosper, be fair, just, and peaceful.
She is apolitical — she tells Mayor Mossi that she doesn't play politics.
Mossi is authoritative — he instructs Ms Nicole to delete every post that casts him in a
negative light in The Samaritan.
He is also emotional/temperamental — she points at Nicole with a sudden tremor his
voice/pacing about in anger.
d) You cannot teach the right thing, can you?
e) Simile — Turning suddenly to face Nicole like one suddenly jolted back to reality.
f) Technological innovation — we are seeking to develop virtuous creative thinkers and
innovators... we may not only replace police officers with intelligent robots but also develop
software that will eventually replace the politician.
Education - we are trying our best to mould the character of our learners here at
Sagrada Secondary School/we teach them to uphold the moral and civic virtues
without which our society cannot prosper,
corruption/Agitation for good governance The Samaritan a platform through which the
people can demand the corrupt leaders' rremoval from office and prosecution.
g) i. Onslaught attack
ii. Play politics —Act for political or personal gain rather than out of principle,
iii. Virtuous - honourable/righteous
iv. Coding —computer programming
h) Disliking— she says that they should develop a software that will eventually replace the
optician.
i) What happens immediately after this excerpt. (2 marks)

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Mossi dismisses Nicole' revelation that the children were introduced into coding at
a tender age as a tall tale/deceptive and unbelievable, pelts his business card that
lands on Nicole's nose, orders her to inform him that she has started to monitor and
delete of every post that casts him in a negative light in The Samaritan.

EXCERPT 14
a) Before
Seymour reiterates the need 10 carry on with their plan to the end without being cowed by
mobilising the entire Municipal Council to pass the no confidence motion against the Mayor.
He reminds Ted about his task of speaking to Councillors and Aldermen to support the vole.
Ted informs him that he called the leaders on phone throughout the night; with' very little
support coming forth.
Ted realizes how difficult it is to whip up racial and class prejudice to get as many of
Councillors and Aldermen as possible to support them.
Ted says that it is important to keep in mind the different categories of chamber, members as
they plan to, woo them.
After
Ramdaye is disappointed about the corrupt members who must be bribed to vote against
Mossi.
Ted informs the meeting about the last type of council members; the independent-minded.
b) Hon. Ferreira is indecisive - he can never, make up his mind which door to open or in fact
whether to open any door at all.
He is also wise — he uses proverbs and idioms in his speech:
Hon. Ted is condescending — he looks down on the majority of the chamber members he
describes as having brains but they don't use them/ calls them headless chicken.
c) Hyperbole I hear he even has difficulties deciding what and how too much to eat/ they wait
for that leader. to make decisions for them in all matters, including the decision to go to pee:
Metaphor — They are headless chicken
d) The criminal cases such as corruption, abuse of office, drug trafficking- and so many other
crimes that the Maracas Municipality leaders are likely going to face following their exposure
in The Samaritan App and the
e) Then, there is what I can best describe as the entrepreneurs who are keen on making
money:
f) Tribalism — they follow the leader of their ethnic group Who thinks for them. Greed the
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Corruption/bribery -u they Vote with their stomach/they promised to deal as soon. as money
changes hands:
g) They want to oust Mayor Mossi out of power because he refused .to allow for reallocation
of budgetary estimate so as to get them money to fight impending criminal charges against
them.
h) i) Upstart— nonentity/nobody/minion
ii) Vote with the stomach — they elect leaders who bribe them.
EXCERPT 15
a) Earlier, Hon. Ted speaks about the political enterprenuers who vote With their stomach.
Hon. Ramdaye asks if they demanded for money to support support the no confidcnce motion
Hon. Ted answers that they promised to deal as soon as money exchange hands.
Later, Hon. Seymour reveals Mr. Torch's real name as Hon. Brian Hyde.
Hon. Ramdaye refers to Mr. Torch as a scoundrel.
b)' Mr. Torch is independent-minded —I expect the so-called Mr.Torch is also in the group of
the independent-minded.
He is also wise — he spoke many wise things.
Hon. Yongrui is disciplined — I hear he is highly disciplined.
He is also likeable — his political star has been rising with people thinking that he is the right
person for the Mayor's seat.
c) He is contemptuous — he compares him to a monkey.
d)- There is always a winner even in a beauty contest of monkeys = Mr. Ramdaye is
incompetent
'His political star has been rising - he has been doing well politically. Identify and illustrate
two themes addressed in this excerpt. (4 marks)
Mistrust Who knows, may be Mayor Mossi gave him rat poison or some
SSW: insecticide/The man can do anything to eliminate opposition against him.
Political conflict — when he heard you were against Mossi, he gave a very long snort of
derisive laughter.
f)- -He said there is always a winner even in a contest of monkeys, didn't he?
g) Kindly soul — a nice person
Contempt — dislike/spite
Political star — luck in politics
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EXCERPT 16
a) Before
Hon. Ted enlightens his friends that it is difficult to know howw the would go
Hon. Ranulaye asks what they should do.
Ted suggests that the only way forward is enlisting the support of opposition chief.
Hon, Seyjnour asks Ted if Hon. Basdeo agreed to, work with them,
Hon. Ramdaye rakks Hon: Basdeo how they should turn the people against Mossi.
After
Hon. Basdeo answers that they should informs them to lie to the people Mossü out because
he earmarked all Municipal funds for the development of ward in his ethnic community.
Hon. BaSdeo requests Hon: Seymour 'to take down the points.
b) He is scheming he mooted the idea of impeaching Mayor Mossi and agrees to help
Seymour; become Mayor on condition that he appoints him the Deputy Mayor.
He is dishonest — he is planning to turn people •against Mossi by lying that the• Mayor
spends all the Municipal funds only in the development of wards occupied by members of his
ethnic community.
is wise/intelligent— he suggests' that they need to alienate Mayor Mossi from people first so
that he doesn't win their sympathy after he loses the vote of no in shim.
C) tribalism —the voting pattern is anchored on the tribal affiliations of the people, hence
Chamber Members of the Afro and Indo descent will readily accept Hon Seymöur as a
compromise candidate for Mayor
Greed for power— Municipal leaders; Seymour and Hon. Basdeo, grouping up and planning
to alienate Mayor Mossi from the people in order to Seize power from him
d) He Says that Mayor Mössi has not built even a spoor yet he is the one for the construction
of municipal roads. as the Deputy Mayor, and Municipal the Department of Physical
Infrastructure.
e) Gentlemen, development issues will either incite or excite the people.
f) Simile -tell them what makes them afraid and they will follow you, obediently like
little,puppies
hyperbole-he has not built even a spoor
g) i) Impeaching- charging/indicting a leader for misconduct/the action questioning the
integrity of a
leader.
iii Compromise candidate -- alternative
iii. Quartet four/foursome

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iv. Set the people against him turn the citizens against him
v Spoor -- trail/track/footpath
EXCERPT 17
a) Hon. Basdeo informs his friends that they should alienate Mayor Mossi from the people by
lying that he is only focused on developing wards occupied by members of his ethnic group.
Basdeo asks Hon. Seymour to take notes of their deliberations.
Hon Seymour realises, telling Basdeo Chat he is not his errand boy.
Hon Ramdaye offers to record the points.
b) Simile -the people of Mossi's community have a peculiar smell resembling 'that of a beetle.
Story, within a play - Fairy tale — Hon. Basdeo comes up with a fake narrative to, hive off
part of Mayor Mossi's support by alleging that the Indo people and all other oriental peoples
belong together.
c) He is condescending — people are very gullible
d) Basdeo is hypocritical -You're not exactly the man I thought you were! Ted is unreasonable
— he suggests they should have drink at n time When the meeting is discussing the serious
issue of Mayor Mossi's impeachment.
He is sharp-witted/shrewd — he elaborates great plans to bring Mayor down by alienating
him from the people.
e) I got information that Mayor Mossi is consulting his lawyers on the possibility of having
us arrested and prosecuted.
f) Politics — Politics is not about the truth,
Greed for power — we have to be creative...power doesn't come by easily
g) In a menacing voice while violently banging the table, Hon. Seymour warns that Mayor
Mossi is crossing the red line and vows that no one can dare at Testy or prosecute him.
Basdeo requests that they hold the rally on Wednesday claiming that they need time to
mobilise the people. Everyone adopts Wednesday as the day of the rally.
Basdeo promises to activate his media networks to popularize the rally:
h)
Hive off— separate/divide/split off
Make passionate emotional appeals --- to strongly speak to people's mind
Carnival - fete/festival/party/celebration
Prosecution trial/hearing

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