KINGWEDE GIRLS. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.

KCSE REVISION.
A SILENT SONG AND OTHER STORIES.
NO. STORY MAIN CHARACTERS MAJOR ISSUES EPISODES POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
1 A man of awesome 1. Tayyib  Misuse of power i. Disable a spending taxi (pg2) 1) Power corrupts but absolute
power. 2. Haniya  Good ultrasation of ii. Strikes a man with stomach crumbs (pg2-3) power corrupts absolutely.
3. Sulyman power iii. Censors media 2) Excessive desires destroys the
4. News anchor  Consequences iv. Punishes sulymann because of jealously (pgs3-4) nobility of the power to change
5. Taxi driver |results|outcome of v. Attracted by a maiden against his faith (pgs4-5) the society.
6. The man and misuse the power 3) Lack of sound judgement results
woman into regrets.
2 INCIDENT IN 1. Hawker  Challenges of poverty i. The neglect of the park 1) Neglect by the authorities only
THE PARK. 2. Constables in the city ii. Park loungers-unemployed/idlers helps in destroying humanness
3. Two elders  Challenges of iii. The hawkers-fruit and ice-cream sellers. 2) Poverty dehumanize people who
urbanization in urban iv. Abandoned fish pond. are affected
poverty v. Dilapidated amusements sites like boat riding 3) Unemployment drives peoples
vi. Police harassment. into becoming unproductive.
vii. The frustrated people who turn to be lynch mob.
3 NINEMA 1. Ninema  Good qualities i. Gardening 1) Hardwork and confidence helps
2. Mr.chairman  Tough life of a market ii. Grooming break social barriers.
3. Market women woman. iii. Selling at the market 2) Ninema is an epitome of honesty
4. Mrs. Sing  Need to remain iv. Mr.chinran and determination to change her
principled and focused v. Dr.Seedat social status.
vi. Relationship with other traders 3) People with admirable characters
vii. Fight against harassment. will always stand out.
4 A SILENT SONG 1. Ezekiel  Suffering of the disable\pain and i. Neglect by the family 1) Suffering/plight of people living
2. Mbane misery of physical handicap ii. Hypocrisy of the brother and wife. with disability.
3. Sarah iii. Trauma about his past life.
iv. Loneliness
v. Death
5 IVORY BANGLES 1. The man  Failure to listen to advice and i. the seer’s pronouncement 1) Attempts to divert from what the
2. His wife consequences ii. The man’s refusal to fulfil the traditional tradition requires may be
3. Grandson  traditionals requirement. disastrous.
4. Leveri iii. The woman’s attempts to cheat the spirit.
5. Son iv. The wife knowledge that it is wrong not to fulfill
6. Chief tradition (daughter in law)
7. Elephant hunters v. The fulfillment of poverty.
6 THE SINS OF THE 1. Rondo  Children suffer what i. Rwafa breaks his guitar and throws it into the fire 1) Violence only breeds more
FATHERS 2. Rwafa their parents mistreat when he is only four (pgs 30-31) violence and destruction.
3. Selina them. ii. Rwafa does not approve of or even attend his
4. Gaston wedding. He purposely leaves town on state business
for two weeks.
iii. Rwafa thrashes him scathingly when he is eight for
stealing neighbor’s mangoes.
iv. As an adult neighbor his father demeans him by
referring to him as effeminate son who marries from
an ignominious Dzviti family (pgs 31)
v. While rondo admires and thinks of his father as the
greatest[, his father despires him,and labels him a
“slob” (pgs 28,31,32)
vi. The father disparages him with contempt when he
implies that his more intelligent friends hava written
for him a piece of paper handed to him (pg 41)
vii. He call his son a traitor during the funeral speech (pg
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 viii. Rwafa may have caused the dealth of his children
and faher-in-law as revenge to people him hates.
7 THE TRULY 1. Ayayi  human are deceitful in They have blissful success in their lives as man and mistress: 1) A good relationship is
MARRIED 2. Ayo mature and can live in 1) They bring their children together-the concern of determined by respect and care
WOMAN 3. Oju pretece correcting the children, for example Oju, is a 2) It is good to keep good trust in
4. Ayo’s father responsibility of them both. And they correct each relationship to avoid heartbreaks
5. Missionaries other on the exceses or not the same (pgs 43-44,45)
6. Ajayi’s boss 2) Ayo attends women meeting and gathers pieces of
7. kizungu information which are important to the family
according to Ajayi. This makes him proud of his
mistress
3) Ayo takes good care of the missionary visitors from
World Gospel Crusading Alliance (WGCA) from
Minnesota. (pgs 44-45) And as a “Thank you,” Ajayi
promises to marry her as a gift for the good work.
4) They, as family, plan together the wedding, even
involving the relatives from both ends. They agree on
what kind of wedding dress they need (pgs 46-48)
5) Ayo has always, to satifacation of the partner
Ajayi,served tea beside the bed in the morning weak
and sugary,without milk.After bath,he finds his
beakfast laid (pg 42-43)

8 TALKING 1. Mukindanyi  Failure to hnd to good i. Mukindanyi hears of money from Galo and refuses to 1) Money can be a source of evil
MONEY 2. Ronika advice may resuilt in listen to his brothers about the evils associated with that destroys people in society.
3. Galo unwanted Galos. (pg 49-50)
4. Ngosweye consiquences. ii. Mukindanyi beats his wife, Rinika, with a hippo whip
5. Ngoya for telling him to listen to his brothers. (pg 50)
6. Kizungu iii. He sees money from the Galos and he is hypnotized.
He thumbs his fingers on the official land paper
without even understanding what the writings mean
(pgs 50-42)
iv. He arrested so much with money anxiety that he
cannot even sleep comfortable and the eveil talking
money brings misery to the family. (pg 53)
v. Mukindanyi has to return the evil money. It is sure,
because of his stubbornness, he loses the money and
the land. (pgs 53-56)
9 GHOST 1. Prof. james nwoye  War and it’s effects i. Poverty which whittles down dgnity (pgs 58-59) 1) Devastating effects of war
2. Ikenna okoro  Loss caused by war. Ie ii. war lead to destruction of physical establishments
3. Ebere Life, property. (pgs 61-62)
4. Nkiru  University’s glory etc. iii. It disintegrates families-ikenna Okoro lost his family,
5. Vincent the narrator (Prof. James Nwoye) loses her daughter
6. Zik Zik
7. Chris okgbo iv. Broken down medical care-the narrator has his wife
killed because of ineffective drugs administered to
her etc (pgs 64-65,66)
v. Social system are broken down-peole only get
services after bribery, the narrator cannot get his
pension because someone may have swindled it (Pgs
57-58,65)
vi. War leads to immigration-Ikenna Okoro goes to
Sweden,the narrator moves to America shortly after
Nsukka is destroyed and his child Nkiru and her

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 children still live and work there,Dr.Anya leaves for
America (Pgs 60,61,63)
vii. The education systems are destroyed-the university is
run down like a “chicken coop,” lecturers are
changing their dates,the then vibrate Social Club is
non-existent,etc (pg 64,65)
viii. War leads to death-Okigbo,Zik,Ikenna’s family are
bombed in Orlu,two lecturers are killed (pg 60-61,62)
ix. It leads to loneliness-the loneliness that would affect a
man’s psyche to the extent that it implants memories
of the dead into phsycality—the narrator believes.

10 THE 1. Elias  desperation-suffering i. squalid life under the bridge (pgs 75-76-82) 1) Squalid life of urchins/street
NEIGHBORHOOD 2. Lazarus by those who live in ii. scavenging in the town centre (CBD) (pgs 76-78) children.
WATCH 3. Martin the streets iii. foraging at Auasblick-a new city suburb and the
4. Slias  street life and wisdom evidence of racism (pg78)
5. omagano for survival iv. the poor district of
katutura,Hakahana,Goreangab,wanaheda,okuryang
ava only potray pverty and even street scavengers
cannot get anything useful,only trauma of dead
babies.ault,etc;poor people only throw away
garbage/poor people’s bins are slim pickings (pgs 78-
80)
v. alcoholism and death because of poverty,in the other
districts like Dorado and khomsadal.(pgs 80-81)
vi. Security harassment. The rich suburb of Avis
Klein,Windhoek and Eros have disposals nat and
valuble but the security is tight.(pg 82)
vii. The generous (but not generous) Mrs Bezuidenhout.
(pgs 83)
11 DECEMBER 1. December  Mental illness and how i. Schooling 1) Mental illness has devastating
2. September it affects families ii. KFC effects on members of a family if
3. Tsooveni support and love for iii. The hoeing mishap not well managed
4. Grandfather- mentally all family iv. Traditions (Ezekiel’s hiding something) Ezekiel
ezekiel members buried with his scret
5. Joseph v. Silas’naming convention
6. Mother vi. Visits to the hospital
vii. Catching up with Tsuuveni
viii. Meeting December
ix. Family members affected by december’s illness
12 BOYI 1. Boyi  War and its effects i. The frailty of a mother, broken in spirit as Ashe has 1) The effect of war of attrition can
2. Sister (narrator) ie.people fail to mark lost her good son. be devastating
3. Father (Baba) death/brutal willings. ii. The father’s anguish in justifying the actions he took
4. Mother (Mama)  Displacement of is heart rendering.
5. Matwa Kei people suffering grief iii. The narrator is a witness to the silent madness that
6. Mkitia and less betrayal and proceeds a home stolen of joy
7. Soldiers legality iv. The whole community is devastated and live in
8. Kimutai permanent fear
9. Chesaina v. There is mayhem everywhere,people are killed and
10. Simoni their body parts damped in the river
vi. These are rape and harassement cases of even
relatives.
vii. People pay land protection fee forcefully and they are
dismembered in an event of inability
viii. People are displaced

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13 CHEQUE MATE 1. Randail  Illegal gains and ways i. Sukiya has accumulated over ten thousand odollars, 1) Corruption leads to alife lived in
2. Sukiya of protecting them an amount she deposits five times every month.(pg99) fear and insecurity
3. Margaret the official deductible salary standard for top
executives does not show in her actual income
through platinium credit cards. She avoids
encounters with bank managers for a bank manager
might wonder how a fifty thousand-a-month salary
becomes seven million dollars in savings within six
years. He would know enough to make some
educated guesses.(pg99)
ii. The bank teller reminds Ms Chansing that the
cheque is for five million dollars, U.S. equivalent to
30,242,000 Trinidad and Tobago dollars. (pg99). She
is responsible for miving vast sums through varous
channels when the soil and gas boom start and money
flows unto the company.(pg100). The five million
cheques she gets she assumes is her fee for having
drawn up for the sale.
iii. Of the methanol plant by Randall. It could be a
surprise bonus, but now, according to Randall, it is
her fee for keeping her mouth shut during that deal.
(Pg101-107). Then the thruth about the trick unfolds:
the money is a fee for keeping her mouth shut on the
Chinese methanol deal which Sukiya undervalues the
shares but 50 percent.(p107-109)
iv. Ms comes to terms with the reality that all this time
she has worked for the campony, under Mr.Randall
A Credo, was a disguises syndicate for which she will
face the force of the law. She has been duped and
used as a conduit for Randall’s fraudulent deals.
Though the valuation report, Sukiya signs the
document without reading it properly or because
Randall tells her to do.
v. Further, Randall himself his signature using Sukiya’s
pen. This form of deceit and betrayal