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SET 7
ENGLISH
PAPER 2
TIME:2 ½ HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES
Write your name, Index number and the name of your school in the spaces provided above.
Sign and write date of examination in the spaces provided above.
Answer all the questions in this question paper.
All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this question paper.
For Examiner’s Use Only:
QUESTIONS TOTAL MARKS SCORES
Comprehension 20
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Literary appreciation 25
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Poem 20
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Grammar 15
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TOTAL 80
This paper consists of 12 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated.
And that no questions are missing.
1. COMPREHENSION
Read the following passage then answer the questions thereafter.
It is a matter of time before more ex-convicts are offloaded back into communities as authorities try to
decongest prisons whose populations are above the recommended capacity.
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Subject to the advice and recommendations of the power of Mercy advisory Committee (POMAC), about
900 “reformed” hardcore convicts will be released.
This will be in addition to 3,908 petty offenders released since June 1, through a presidential pardon.
The release of the huge number of prisoners comes at a time when police officers are grappling with
insecurity challenges. When not on standby to deal with incidents of electoral violence, the cops have to
keep tabs on criminal’s gangs that have resurfaced ahead of the General election.
Already these vicious gangs have wreaked havoc in Onganta Rongai, Mombasa and Nakuru where cops
are struggling to tame them. The presence of ex-convicts among communities is, therefore, likely to make
a bad situation worse. From previous experience, some of pardoned prisoners find engaging in violent
robbery, burglary, motor vehicle or livestock theft irresistible.
Cops generally fear the next lot of ex-convicts coming out of prisons will relapse into crime, making their
work more difficult. “Our worry is that many of them will go back into crime, this is not farfetched but a
common trend based on past experiences. Once these guys are set free, the impact will be instant with
crimes shooting up” says a senior police officer, who spoke to the media, representing the views of some
of his colleagues.
But police spokesman Bruno Shiosso says there is no cause for alarm since officers are trained on how to
deal with lawbreakers, and that ex-convicts are no exception when it comes to enforcing law and order.
He said they are certain that prisons authorities will only let out those who proved beyond doubt that they
have reformed and become responsible citizens.
“But for those who think they will go baaack to crime, we shall deal with them within the realms of the
law, “noted Shioso.
The police fear is understandable since recently, a former convict bludgeoned his mother to death in
Riagicheru Village of Kirinyaga County. Barely days after being released from jail last month Ephantus
Kiura shocked locals when he allegedly killed Grace Muthoni Ndambiri on June 12 by hitting the elderly
woman with a blunt object.
Kiura had been imprisoned at the Gathigiriri Prison by a court in Mwea for torching his 76-year old
mother’s house. Upon earning freedom through a presidential pardon, the man brutally killed his mother.
He was among the 3,908 petty offenders released from prison in a decongestion programme.
Kiura was a beneficiary of the community service order. However, he never waited to serve the
noncustodial sentence and is now staring at life behind bars for the alleged murder. Petty offenders put on
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this form of light punishment are required to perform a specified number of hours of unpaid work in the
community. This, however, does not apply to prisoners serving jail for capital offences.
Authorities admit that it is often difficult to ascertain the prisoners who correctly merit release. Some of
those who make it to the freedom list either fake having reformed or bribe prison officials-ultimately
leading to the wrong individuals being reintegrated back into communities. Though stake holders have no
right prescription for selecting the right convicts for pardon, the general feeling is that more general
feeling is that more attention should be put on rehabilitation of inmates to achieve the desired change.
“Prisons have turned into containment facilities as opposed to rehabilitation centres where inmates and
convicts are turned into responsible citizens” states Ambrose Ngare, a former prisons boss.
According to Ngare, now executive director of Africa Institute of Criminology, a non-governmental
organization dealing in restorative justice, it is pointless releasing prisoners without first endeavouring to
reconcile them with the victims they wronged.
Questions (20 mks)
1. What is the main reason the advisory committee gives for the release of convicts? (1 mk)
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2. Give the main concerns of the police officers in connection to the release of the ex-convicts.
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3. State the crimes the offenders have been accused of engaging in. (3 mks)
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4. Give the total number of ex-convicts the police officers expects in the communities. (1 mk)
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5. In about 55 words, chronologically summarise the criminal life of Ephantus Kiura. (5 mks)
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6. Cops generally fear the next lot of ex-convicts will relapse into crime. Identify the phrasal
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7. Identify the attitude of the public towards the released ex-convicts. (3 mks)
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8. What does the writer mean by (2 mks)
‘Prisons have turned into containment facilities as opposed to rehabilitation centres’
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9. Give the meaning of the following words. (2 mks)
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2. EXCERPT (25 MARKS)
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As she was removing her head veil the next morning, readying for laboratory work
that it would have impeded, he went and slapped her. What made this assault seem
"reasonable' was that it happened during Heritage Week, a period that the leader of
Libya had set aside to give his people time to celebrate their renowned history.
Apparently, then, Engineer Tahir slapped Ms Mahmoud to administer discipline on a
female subordinate for shedding her head veil in public, in violation of Libyan
culture. In truth, he did it to take revenge against someone who, he thought, had
rejected his advances. Discipline, revenge, or whatever it in fact was, she did not
take it lying down. She struck back. Had she stopped to think of the chain of events
her reaction might set off, she would have restrained herself.
Yet, in the heat of anger, when no one thinks logically, who has not reacted by
reflex and hit back on being hit first"? Who has not so reacted even if, in the light of
likely future consequences, turning the other cheek would have been a better
response? Ms Mahmoud hit back by reflex. A letter opener, obeying her hand, sliced
through a semicircle of air and found a soft target. Its tip, sharp on the day of
purchase but sharper and sharper each day from use, caught Engineer Tahir right in
his left eye and slit it open. That was 'the accident.'
A month later, he came out of hospital. His left eye, cut open by a mundane office
instrument, was gone. Turned bitter and vengeful now, Engineer Tahir took Ms
Mahmoud to court the day he came out of hospital. Why, the court enquired of him,
had he slapped her in the first place? To stop her from imitating Americans by
shedding the head veil in violation of Libya's culture, he said. Then why, wondered
the court, had she hit back? To defy not him but Libya, he replied.
She pleaded innocent, citing, as her defence, temporary insanity caused by
extreme provocation. The court returned a Hammurabic verdict-an eye for an eye,
and a tooth for a tooth.
What happened immediately before this excerpt? (2 marks)
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Discuss one theme evident in this excerpt. Give two illustrations from the
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"Had she stopped to think about the chain of events her reaction might set
off.." explain the events that came as a result of her action. (4 marks)
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Identify and illustrate two styles used in the excerpt. (4 marks)
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Using information from this excerpt, discuss the character traits of Seif Tahir.
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What reason did Seif give the court for slapping Ms Mahmoud? (2 marks)
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Ms Mahmoud pleaded innocent. Is she innocent? Support your answer. (2 marks)
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What happens immediately after this excerpt? (2 marks)
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Explain the meaning of the following statement. (2 marks)
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
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3. Read the poem below and answer questions that follow:
I AM TIRED OF TALKING IN METAPHORS
I will talk plainly,
Because I am moved to abandon riddles,
I will tell you of how
We held our heads in our hands
Because the owl hooted all night
And the dogs howled as if mourning
We waited the bad news
We received it.
Our mother blinded in one eye
Crippled in the right leg
Because she did not vote
For her husband’s candidate
I will remind you
Of when the peeled plantains
Stood upright in the cooking pot
We slaughtered a cock,
Anticipating an important visitor
We got her:
Our daughter – piece of flesh in a sack
Our present from her husband
No! I will not use metaphors
I will just talk to you:
I do not fight to take your place
Or to constantly wave my fist in you face
I refuse to argue about
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Your “manly pact”
with my father
You’ re buying me for a bag of potatoes
And pepper
All I want
Is for you to stop denying me
My presence needs no metaphors
I am here
Just as you are
I am not a machine
To dismantle whenever you whim
I demand my human dignity
Questions
a) Who is the persona in this poem? (2 mks)
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b) What are the thematic concerns of the poem. (4 mks)
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c) Explain the speaker’s attitude towards the subject matter. (3 mks)
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e) Discuss two elements of tradition highlighted in the poem. (4 mks)
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g) Our mother blinded in one eye. Crippled in the right leg. (Join using a conjunction) (1mk)
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4. GRAMMAR (15 MKS)
a) Give the meaning of the idiomatic expression used in the following sentences. (3 mks)
i) The long-awaited guests arrived at the eleventh hour.
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ii) After thorough revision of the text the teacher told the students’ the ball is in your court.’
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iii) After being arrested the thief spilt the beans about their spoil.
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b) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. (3 mks)
i) Njoki did not know it was a dangerous vocation. (Rewrite using……………how…..)
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ii) Someone saw Kirimi leaving the plane in Khartoum. (Begine: Kirimi……………….)
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iii) She opened the window and a bat flew out. (End in: a bat)
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c) Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the word given in
brackets.
i) Sophie’s mother ………………………………….of her wearing very tight clothes in
church. (approve)
ii) His …………………………….cost him his job. (efficient)
iii) The ……………………….of the traveller’s was hindered by the poor roads. (mobile)
d) Replace the underlined word with the gender neutral word.
i) The foreman arrived late and delayed the construction.
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ii) The housegirl died in the inferno.
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e) Explain the two different meanings in each of the following sentences. (4 mks)
i) The students will read the books in the library.
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