English Paper 2 Questions and Answers- Mokasa 1 Joint Pre Mock Exams 2023

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1. Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. 20 marks
   
   Have you ever come across classmates who can’t resist the urge to steal? The urge could be so strong that they steal things they don’t even need. They might steal a book that they already have or steal items even though they have the option of borrowing or even buying.
   
   A mental disorder called Kleptomania was uncovered in 1816 after experts discovered that a small group of thieves were stealing things that could be obtained easily without engaging in the criminal act. It was also noted that they stealing was impulsive (not planned for) and somehow compulsive.
   
   One difference between Kleptomania and other types of stealing is that kleptomaniacs struggle with other underlying disorders such as anxiety, depression or substance abuse and they use theft as a way to “treat” or soothe themselves. A lot of people who suffer from the disorder report experiencing some sort of excitement after stealing but they also feel guilty and ashamed afterward. They are likely to steal more often when they are feeling stressed than when they are emotionally fine. Another difference is that, unlike other types of thieves, Kleptomaniacs tend to discard, give away or just keep the stolen items without ever using them.
   
   In addition to shame and guilt, Kleptomania causes those suffering from it to isolate themselves as they lost the trust of friends and family. They end up hurting those they steal from, thus breaking relationships with people who matter. In extreme cases, they could be arrested or taken to jail.
   
   It’s been more than two centuries since the condition was discovered, which means psychiatrists and other experts have had a lot of time to innovate treatment for the disorder. Though there is no cure, therapy and some types of medication can help treat the underlying conditions that cause one to steal. Going through treatment helps one overcome the urge to take things that do not belong to them and live a healthier lifestyle.
   
   Unfortunately, a lot of experts say that Kleptomaniacs do not seek treatment and live with the condition secretly due to the shame attached to it. But if you are struggling with this condition, coming clean and seeking help early will help you prevent more problems in the future. You should consider talking to a parent about it and requesting to see a specialist.
   
   You could also try to manage the condition by identifying the things that push you to steal and adopt healthy ways to deal with stress and anxiety, such as joining sports club, exercising often and exploring your talents.
   1. According to the passage, what was the discovery of experts in 1816? (3 marks)
   2. Make notes on the differences between Kleptomaniacs and other types of thieves. (4 marks)
   3. What are the characteristics exhibited by those suffering from Kleptomania. (2 marks)
   4. Why do Kleptomaniacs fail to seek for treatment? (1 mark)
   5. Comment on the use of one aspect of style in paragraph 1. (3 marks)
   6. Give two ways in which Kleptomaniacs can manage their condition. (2 marks)
   7. It’s been more than two centuries since the condition was discovered. (Rewrite adding a question tag). (1 mark)
   8. Give the meanings of the following words as used in the passage:
      1. criminal……………………………………………………………………………….
      2. discard………………………………………………………………………………….
      3. innovate…………………………………………………………………………………
      4. consider…………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow
   
   Helmer:  Have you really the courage to open that question again?
   Nora: Yes, dear, you must do as I ask; you must let Krogstad keep his post in the bank.
   Helmer: My dear Nora, it his post that I have arranged Mrs. Linde shall have
   Nora: Yes, you have been awfully kind about that; but you could just as well dismiss some other clerk instead of Krogstad.
   Helmer: This is simply incredible obstinacy! Because you chose to give him a thoughtless promise that you would speak for him, I am expected to –
   Nora: That isn’t the reason, Torvald. It is for your own sake. This fellow writes in the most scurrilous newspapers; you have told me so yourself. He can do you an unspeakable amount of harm. I am frightened to death of him –
   Helmer: Ah, I understand; it is recollections of the past that scare you.
   Nora: What do you mean?
   Helmer: Naturally you are thinking of your own father.
   Nora: Yes – yes, of course. Just recall to your mind what these malicious creatures wrote in the papers about papa, and how horribly they slandered him. I believe they would have procured his dismissal if the Department had not sent you over to inquire into it, and if you had not been so kindly disposed and helpful to him.
   Helmer:  My little Nora, there is an important difference between your father and me. Your father’s reputation as a public official was not above suspicion. Mine is, and I hope it will continue to be so, as long as I hold my office.
   Nora: You never can tell what mischief these men may contrive. We ought to be so well off, so snug and happy here in our peaceful home, and have no cares – you and I and the children, Torvald! That is why I beg you so earnestly-
   Helmer: And it is just by interceding for him that you make it impossible for me to keep him. It is already known at the Bank that I mean to dismiss Krogstad. Is it to get about now that the new manager has changed his mind at his wife’s bidding –
   Nora: And what if it did?
   Helmer: Of course! – If only this obstinate little person can get her way! Do you suppose I am going to make myself ridiculous before my whole staff, to let people think that I am a man to be swayed by all sorts of outside influences?  I should very soon feel the consequences of it, I can tell you! And besides, there is one thing that make it quite impossible for me to have Krogstad in the bank as long as I am manager.
   Nora: Whatever is that?
   Helmer: His moral failings I might perhaps have overlooked, if necessary –
   1. Briefly explain why Nora would want another clerk dismissed. (3 Marks)
   2. What do we learn of Nora in the excerpt? (4 Marks)
   3. Explain the irony in the excerpt. (3 Marks)
   4. Briefly describe what happens immediately after this excerpt. (4 Marks)
   5. Identify and illustrate any two themes brought out in the excerpt. (4 Marks)
   6. Who is Mrs. Linde? (3 Marks)
   7. Describe the mood in the excerpt. (3 Marks)
   8. Discuss the truth of the statement ‘ It is for your own good.’ (3 Marks)
   9. From your knowledge of the play, why does Tovarld insist on firing Krogstad? (2 Marks)
3. Read the narrative below and then answer questions that follow.
   
   There was a great famine in the land where Obunde and his wife, Oswera, lived with their nine children.  The only creatures who had some food were the ogres and before they would part with their food, they demanded a lot of things.
   
   One day, Oswera went to one Ogre’s home and asked him for some food, for by then her children were almost dying of hunger.
   ‘I have no more food except sweet potatoes,” the ogre told her.
   ‘I shall be happy to have the potatoes.  We have nothing, not a grain of food at my house and the children are starving.  Please let me have some and I shall repay you after the harvest.
   
   ‘No, if you want food you must exchange with something right now.  Will you give me one of your children in exchange for my potatoes?” Oswera hesitated, her children were dear to her, but then they would die without food.
   
   ‘Yes, I shall let you have one of them for his meal, if only you could let us have some potatoes,” Oswera answered.  Then she took a big basket full of potatoes and told the ogre the exact time he could go to her home to collect one of her children for a meal.
   Oswera thought hard and she decided she would not give a single one of her children to the ogre for a meal.  She therefore cut young banana stalks and cooked them nicely.
   
   When the ogre came, she gave them to him and the beast greedily went away satisfied.  Soon the potatoes were finished and she had to go to the ogre again.
   Oswera and Obunde, her husband kept on cooking banana stalks for the ogre each time he came for one of their children, until one day, she had no more banana stalks to cook for the animal.
   
   “You have now eaten all my children, yet we still need the potatoes.  What shall we give your now?” Oswera asked in despair.
   ‘Then I shall come for you and your husband,’ the ogre replied angrily as he helped Oswera to load her basket of potatoes on her head.
   ‘Yes come tomorrow at the usual time in the afternoon and get me.  I shall have cooked myself for you,” Oswera said calmly.
   
   The following day the ogre went promptly as Oswera had told him and he found the home almost deserted.  He looked everywhere but a part from Obunde there was no trace of anybody. Then he looked at the usual place and found a huge bowl of a big meal Oswera had cooked for him.  The ogre did not realize they had prepared a dog instead of Oswera.  When he had eaten the ogre told Obunde he would come for him the following day.  Obunde got very worried and that night he could not sleep.  The following day he started crying:
   
   “Ah Oswera my wife, how did you cook yourself and how shall I cook myself for the ogre?” He sat down in the dust of his compound and wept.  Oswera became very annoyed with her husband.
   
   “You, you stupid, foolish man! Why sit and cry there all day long? How do you think I cooked myself? Take one of the dogs and quickly prepare it for the ogre!”
   Very quickly Obunde got up, caught, killed and prepared a dog for the ogre.  Then he joined his wife and children in a huge hollow part of a tree in his compound where they had hidden.
   That day the ogre knew he was going to have his last meal of juicy human flesh.  Being a generous and unselfish ogre, he brought many of his fellow ogres.  They were going to have a feast.
   
   Suddenly as they were eating, they heard a man singing very happily.  No, they could not believe it! It was Obunde singing! And he was boasting of how he had cheated the ogre.
                 The greedy ogre ate banana stalks
                 Not my family;
                 The greedy ogre ate a dog
                 Not Obunde Magoro!
                 The greedy ogre ate banana stalks
                 Not my family;
                 Now come and get Obunde,
                 His children and wife.
   Obunde sang the words and the ogres got very angry. The first ogre rushed into the hollow of the tree, but Oswera had heated a long piece of iron until it was white.  She pushed the iron into the ogre’s mouth.  The beast fell down dead.  The next one rushed into the hollow and Oswera killed him in the same way.  In this way she killed all the ogres and saved her husband and all their children. My story ends there.
   1. Classify the above narrative.                         (2marks)
   2. What are the functions of the formulae used in this story?                    (2marks)
   3. Identify and illustrate the character traits of the following. (4 marks)
      1. Oswera
      2. The Ogre
   4. How is song used as a stylistic device in this narrative? Use two illustrations to support your answer.        (4marks)
   5. Illustrate two features of the story that makes it an oral narrative. (4marks)
   6. State and explain one theme of this narrative. (2marks)
   7. Identify and explain one economic activity of the community in this narrative. (2 marks)
4.  
   1. Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Do not change the meaning. (4 marks)
      1. The tourist knows some Kiswahili. He understands what I say. (Rewrite as one sentence using ‘enough’)
      2. He drank water yesterday. (Begin: The water……)
      3. Boys are playful and quick on their feet. They are also curious and like to explore. (Combine using: Not only……..)
      4. Letting is the best athlete in the school. (Begin: No…..)
   2. Replace the underlined words with a suitable phrasal verb. (3 marks)
      1. I was completely deceived by the thief.
      2. The teacher ordered the students to submit their scripts at the end of exam.
      3. I will visit you if I got time.
   3. Fill in the blank spaces with the correct preposition. (3 marks)
      1. Every member is entitled …………….. one acre of land.
      2. John is very excited ……………….. going to India.
      3. She has been down …………………. Malaria for the last three days.
   4. Complete each of the following sentences by filling in the blank space with the correct form of the word in brackets. (4 marks)
      1. Expectant mothers should not do ………………………………….. work (strain)
      2. Your explanation is based on too many ……………………….…………… (presume)
      3. We wanted the option that would give us the …………………..…………. (little) trouble.
      4. I could not remember the …………………….………………(define) of the word
   5. Rewrite the sentence below replacing the underlined idiomatic expression with words of similar meaning. (1 mark)
      Kibet lives from hand to mouth.

MARKING SCHEME

1. COMPREHENSION
   1. According to the passage, what was the discovery of experts in 1816?(3 marks)
      
      • They uncovered a mental disorder called Kleptomania that a small group of theirs were stealing things that could be obtained easily without engaging in criminal act and noted that the stealing was impulsive and somehow compulsive.
   2. Make notes on the differences between Kleptomaniacs and other types of thieves. (4 marks)
      • Kleptomaniacs struggle with other underlying disorders such as anxiety, depression and substance abuse.
      • Experience some sort of excitement after stealing such as but also feel guilty and ashamed afterward.
      • They are likely to steal often when feeling stressed than when emotionally fine.
   3. What are the characteristics exhibited by those suffering from Kleptomania (2 marks)
      • They have a feeling of shame and guilt
      • They isolate themselves as they lose the trust of friends and family
   4. Why do Kleptomaniacs fail to seek for treatment (1 mark)
      • They do not seek treatment and live with the condition secretly due to the shame attached to it
   5. Comment on the use of one aspect of style in paragraph 1. (3 marks)
      • Rhetorical question use of rhetorical questions develops critical thinking of the reader on the subject at hand, making them identify with the situation at hand.
      • Irony – They steal things that they do not need.
   6. Give two ways in which Kleptomanias can manage their condition. (2 marks)
      • By identifying the things that push them to steal
      • Adopt healthy ways to deal with stress and anxiety e.g. joining sports, clubs
   7. It’s been more than two centuries since the condition was discovered.  (Rewrite adding a question tag). (1 mark)
      • isn’t it?
   8. Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage (4 marks)
      1. Criminal – morally wrong/unlawful/illegal/against the law
      2. Discard – dispose/get rid of/throw away
      3. Innovate – find/implement/new idea
      4. Consider – Think about/contemplate
4.  
   1. Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each.  Do not change the meaning. (4 marks)
      1. The tourist knows some little Kiswahili.  He understands what I say.   (Rewrite as one sentence using ‘enough’)
         The tourist knows some Kiswahili enough to understand what I say.
      2. He drank water yesterday.  (Begin: The water….)
         The water was drank by him yesterday.
      3. Boys are playful and quick on their feet.  They are also curious and like to explore. (Combine using …… ‘not only’…)
         Boys are not only playful and quick on their feet but they are also curious and like to explore.
      4. Leting is the best athlete in the school.  (Begin: No…….)
         No one beats Leting in athletics in the school.
   2. Replace the underlined words with a suitable phrasal verb (3 marks)
      1. I was completely deceived by the thief.
         I was completely taken in by the thief.
      2. The teacher ordered the students to submit their scripts at the end of the exam.
         The teacher ordered the students to hand in their scripts at the end of the exam.
      3. I will visit you if I would get time.
         I would call on you if I got time
         I will call on you if I get time
   3. Fill in the blank spaces wit the correct preposition (3 marks)
      1. Every member is entitled to one acre of land.
      2. John is very excited about going to India
      3. She has been down with malaria for the last three days.
   4. Complete each of the following sentences by filling in the blank space with the correct form of the word in brackets. (4 marks)
      1. Expectant mothers should not do strenuous work  (strain)
      2. Your explanation is based on too many presumption (presume)
      3. We wanted the option that would give us the least (little) trouble 
      4. I could not remember the definition (define) of the word
   5. Rewrite the sentence below replacing the underlined idiomatic expression with words of similar meaning. (1 mark)
      Kibet lives from hand to mouth.
      Kibet hustles