Page lof 4 SASTRI COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH JUNE EXAMINATIONS - 2018 GRADE 8 PAPER 2: LITERATURE EXAMINER: S. BHUGWANDIN MARKS: 40 MODERATOR: A.MOOSA DURATION: Ihr Instructions: 1. This paper consists of three Sections, four Questions and _ printed pages. 2 Number your answers correctly. 3. Rule-off after each Question 4. Write neatly and legibly. SECTION A: POETRY QUESTIONONE: PRESCRIBED POETRY BOY ON A SWING by Oswald Mtshali LL 12 13. 14. 1 Slowly he moves 2 toand fro, to and fro, 3 then faster and faster 4 he swishes up and down. 5 His blue shirt 6 billows in the breeze 7 like a tattered kite. 8 The world whirls by: 9 east becomes west, 10 north becomes south; 11 the four cardinal points 12 meet in his head. B Mother! 14 Where did | come from? 15 When will ! wear long trousers? 16 Why was my father jailed? ‘Comment on the significance of the title of the poem, @ Discuss how “swishes"( line 4) is significant in the poem. Q Identify and discuss the effectiveness of the imagery inline 7, “like a tattered kite”, (3) ‘What do the three questions at the end of the poem (lines 14 ~16) imply about the boy's life? @B) 19}QUESTIONTWO: UNSEEN POEM Study the unseen poem below and answer the questions set. 21 22. 23. 24, West Junior High No other schoo! compared to junior high. In grade schoo! | was average and shy. But something special happened in the year entered seventh grade. | lost my fear! Itseemed | grew new wings that let me fly. No other school compared to juntor high. New friends that could appreciate my ways | found in middle school. What happy days! 1 got straight A’s my first year, but | was A jokester too. tt felt so cool because No other school compared to junior high. To “ordinary me” | said goodbye! A woman | was turning into. Bliss was mine with boyfriends and my first real kiss. try. No other school compares to junior high! ’¢ learned my worth and great new things to 10 15 Page 20f4 Refer to lines 2 (“average and shy”) and10 (“A jokester too”). Comment on the changes the speaker experienced in junior high. Suggest a reason for each stanza ending in an exclamation mark. @) @ Discuss how the imagery in line 5, “I grew new wings that let me fly.” is important to the poem, @) Refer to stanza 3. Why is the assonance (repetition of the “oo” sound in “too”, “cool”, school”, “goodbye") effective? @ Lo}SECTION B: NOVEL QUESTION THREE: RED HAIRED KHUMALO Page 3 of 4 Study the extract taken from Chapter 8 of the novel, The Red Head Khumalo, and answer the ‘question based on the entire novel. 34. 32. 33. 3.4, 35. “Maybe we could call you Freedom then,” suggested Caelsea’s mother. “That would be a lot easier for our English tongues to cope with,” Nrkululeko’s only answer was a look of scom. Pushing back his chair, he got up and walked away from the table without a word. Chelsea took the opportunity to rise as well. ‘Thanks for | supper, Mom,’ she said loudly, with a pointed look at Nhululeko’s disappearing back “Wheie do you think you're going” asked her mother coldly. “To my room. To finish my homework.” “And what about the clearing up? Do you think dishes walk | to the kitchen to wash themselves?” ‘Freedom seems to think so,” said Chelsea wittily, pushing her chair in, Heer mother gave her an unamused stare. ‘You ate the food. Now help clear up. You know the rales, Chelsea. You can go and do your homework afterwards.” “What about Freedom? said Chelsea indignantly. ‘Why doesn’t he have to help clear? Hie ate too, didn’t he? Ob I get it,’ she continued bitterly, ‘he’s a boy! Boys don’t do house- work, do they? Especially when they're black. It’s not their culture, is it?” In what ways are Nkululeko and Chelsea similar? (Name 2 ways) Discuss the themes of Gender and Race in this chapter? Discuss the Parent-child relationships between: 3.3.1. Chelsea and Beth 3.3.2. Nkululeko and Chester What does Chester do to get rid of the tension later in the chapter? (2) (2) (2) 2 Compare Chester with Chelsea’s biological father. Who would you say is a better father? (2) [10]Page 4 of 4 SECTION: SHORT STORIES QUESTION FOUR: I THOUGHT DRUNKARDS WERE NEVER HEROES! Study the extract from the short story, I Thought Drunkards were Never Heroes!, below and answer the questions set. Iwas ten years old and the oldest of three brothers. One night, my dad was ‘ona drinking spree with his friends ( so we assumed), and so I temporarily took over as head of the family. By nine o'clock, we were fast asleep. Iwas awakened by the sudden shriek of the door. Alert, | convinced myself that my ears had lied. The door shrieked again and a huge bang followed. The door swung open and there, in the doorway, was a man. He was tall, stout and scary, In his hands he had a dagger and a knobkerrie. Noauewenn 4.4.1. From your knowledge of the whole story, how do the boys feel about their fether at the beginning of the story? 2) 4.1.2. How do their feelings towards their father change by the end of the story? (2) 4.2. Discuss the narrator's character. 2) 4.3. Explain the significance of the title of this story. Q) 4.8. How does the writer build up suspense in this extract? @ (20)