Myer’s College Cahkwal
Final Fall 2016
Subject: ECC Total Marks: 70
Class: C-II Time: 2 hr 15 mins
PART II: Writing
Write on one of the following topics.
You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this part of the paper and to write
between 350 and 500 words. This part contains 30 marks.
1. Who is more important in a family, the mother or the father?
2. Friendship
3. “Television has too great an influence on life today.” What are your views?
4. What are your own strengths and weaknesses?
OR
As part of your extra-curricular activities, your principal wants your class to hold a
party for young school children. He asks you to explain in a letter how you would
organize the event.
Write your letter. In it you must include the following:
When and where the party will be held.
How you will decorate the place.
How you will provide the refreshments.
Details of the entertainment.
How you would like your teachers to be involved.
You must cover all five points in detail. You should add further details if
you wish and make your letter polite but persuasive.
Part III: Novel
Great Expectations
Encircle the correct answer. This part contains 20 marks.
1. Where did Pip get his name? [1]
a) It was how he pronounced his last name when he was a child.
b) From Joe Gargery.
c) From his sister and caregiver Mrs. Joe Gargery who thought he was an
irritating pip-squeak.
d) It was the county where he was from.
2. Who is the narrator of Great Expectations? [1]
a) Pip
b) An unknown omnipotent narrator who uses the third person.
c) Joe Gargery
d) An old sailor who heard the story.
3. Mrs. Joe can best be described as: [1]
a) Quiet and shy
b) Strange but a hard worker
c) Nagging and temperamental
d) Kind and generous
4. Pip's relationship with Joe for much of the book can best described as:
[1]
a) A friendship, but much of the time unequal as Pip thinks he is superior
b) A friendly acquaintance
c) A friendship, but some of the time unequal as Pip feels embarrassed by Joe
d) A father/son relationship
5. Pip is helped with his education at a young age by: [1]
a) Pumblechook
b) Mrs. Joe
c) Biddy
d) Joe
6. Pip is first blessed with great expectations when: [1]
a) Miss Havisham gives Pip her inheritance.
b) He receives notification from Mr. Jaggers that he is to go to London.
c) Joe gives him a job in the forge.
d) Miss Havisham requests that he comes and plays at her mansion.
Give brief answers to the following questions.
1. What is Pip’s full name? [1]
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2. How is the first convict dressed? What is his appearance? [1]
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3. What does Pip mean when he says he was “brought up by hand”? [1]
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4. What is the occasion for having dinner guests at the Gargery’s? [1]
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5. What is probably the reason that Joe married Pip’s sister? [1]
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6. Who first takes Pip to Miss Havisham’s house? [1]
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7. What is the meaning of Satis? [1]
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8. How does Estella hurt Pip’s feelings? [1]
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9. What does the mysterious stranger at the Three Jolly Bargemen stir his drink
with? [1]
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10. Where does Miss Havisham want to be laid when she is dead? [1]
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11. How does Pip feel about his apprenticeship to Joe? [1]
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12. Who causes the fight between Orlick and Joe? [1]
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13. Who are the two people Pip suspects could be Mrs. Joe’s attacker? [1]
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14. What is the reason that Pip wants to be a gentleman? [1]
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