ENGLISH PAPER 3 - 2017 KITUI MOCK EXAMINATION

IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITION (COMPULSORY) (20 marks)

Either
1. Write a composition to illustrate the saying. ‘Time and tide wait for no man’
  Or
2. Write a composition beginning with the statement:
  As I said goodbye to him, little did I know that would be the last time I would be seeing him….

THE COMPULSORY SET TEXT (20 marks)

Margaret Ogola, The River and the Source
Using The River and the Source by Margaret Ogola write a composition to illustrate the statement: Education is the key to success.

THE OPTIONAL SET TEXTS (20 marks)

Answer any one of the following three questions

Either
1. The Short Story
  
  Emilia Ilieva and Waveny Olembo (Ed), When the Sun Goes Down and other stories from Africa and beyond
  
  Eccentric behaviour may make a person be unable to fit in his or her society.
  Using illustrations from ‘Diamond Dust’ by Anita Desai, show how Mr. Das is alienated.
  
  Or
2. Drama
  
  Francis Imbuga, Betrayal in the city.
  
  Francis Imbuga has gone to greater heights in using laughable instances and situations to address serious issues of concern in the society in his play Betrayal in the City.
  Write a composition in support of this statement
  Or
3. The Novel
  
  Witi Ihimaera, The Whale Rider
  
  What are the signs that Kahu is a whale rider according to Witi Ihimaera’s novel The Whale Rider?