X : THE GIRL WHO CAN (b They did not like attending school.

(c) They did

1. Hasodzi is known for its: not like to study. (d) They did not like to
(a) green plains c) progressive ways walk the distance of five kilometres to school.
(b) good soil d) droughts
11. Maami felt that……because she didn't go to
2. What is Adjoa's problem? school. A) she was locked into some kind of
a)She can think but cannot speak out. darkness. B)she was inferior to other women.
b)She faces humiliation for her legs. c) she could not look after her family properly.
c)Her grandmother does not like her attending school. d) her husband had left her.
d) Her own mother has no authority.
12. What did Nana and Maami not believe?
3. How does Nana behave when Adjoa speaks? a)Adjoa had obtained the first place in sports.
a)Nana shows irritation. b) Adjoa had excelled in studies.
b) Nana has no time to listen to her. c) Adjoa had taken bath in the river.
c)Nana stops her work, stares at her with open mouth. d) Adjoa was selected to run for the junior section
d)Nana listens but does not show any interest. in the district games.

4. What does Adjoa think about Nana and Maami 13. How did Nana carry the cup? a) On her head
when she looks back? b) Clutched it in her arms c) On her back
a) They loved her very much. B) They were proud of (d) On her shoulder
her. C)They did not like her participating in sports.
d)They had been discussing her legs from the day she 14. Select the relationship b/wstatement 1 and 2.
was born. 1. There is no logic in Nana differentiating
between two different kinds of legs.
5. Why did Nana express her disapproval about 2. Adjoa was happy because her legs were thin.
Adjoa's legs? A) They were very muscular. a) 1 is false but 2 is true. B) 2 is false but 1 is true.
B)They were curvy. C)They were too thin and too c) Both1and 2are false. d)2 is in contradiction of 1
long for a woman. D)They had knock knees.
15. Which is NOT true?
6. Nana had many voices. There was a special one she a) Adjoa's problem is that she has thin legs.
used to……..everyone up.. b) Kaya likes to discuss the problem of thin legs
a) wake b)open c)shut d)call of Adjoa. c) Adjoa is chosen to take part in
district level games. D. Nana used to criticize
7. Nana never heard: a) Adjoa's words. Kaya for her choice of husband.
b) What others said c) Kaya's inside weeping.
(d) Kaya's mild protests. 16. Choose which correctly completes sentence :
Adjoa was, by nature, a ..... girl. a) talkative
8. What shut up Maami for good? b) reticent(quiet) c)aggressive d)submissive
a)Nana's words about a woman's legs.
b)Nana's screaming laughter. 17. Nana thanked God that Kaya's first child was
c)Nana's comments about Adjoa's father. a) female b) male c) innocent d) athlete
d)Nana's opposition to Adjoa's going to school.
18. Select which tells correctly what Adjoa is not ?
9. Why could Adjoa not see the legs of other women? a) analytical b) critical c) talkative d) innocent
a)The women wore long wrap-arounds always.
b)The women would not show their legs to anyone. 19. Choose relationship b/w statement (1) and 2.
c)The women never came out of houses. 1. I have always wanted to tell them not to worry.
d)The women wore ankle length trousers. 2. That it did not have to be an issue for my two
favourite people to fight over.
10. What was the complaint of other girls and boys? a) 1is in contradiction of 2 b)2 is independent of1
A) They wanted more play time. c)2 is the cause of 1 d) 1 is an example of 2
19. Choose the option that lists the sequence of events 29.In the end of the story, Nana appears as :
in the correct order. a) a kill joy b)a progressive dynamic woman
1. The narrator tells about Nana paying attention to c)a frustrated woman d)making compromise with
her. the way of the world
2.Nana and Maami must have been discussing the
narrator's legs since her birth is told by the narrator. 30. Which words from the story help the reader
3.The narrator tells that she is seven years of age. understand the meaning of the word spindly?
4. We learn that Maami is the narrator's mother. a)daughter, woman b) insisted, thank
a) 4, 3, 1, 2 (b) 2,1, 3, 4 c) 4, 2, 1, 3 c) biggest, later d)long, thin
(d) 1, 4, 3, 2
31. Nana believes that a woman's legs should -
20.”But Kaya, I am not sure about her legs. a) be long and lean b)have strong thighs
Hm. hm. Hm" which of the following words best c)support solid hips d)be like her mother's
describes the speaker's tone? a) appreciative
b) complaining c) comic d) satirical 32. The point of view of this story helps the reader
understand - a)why Maami and Nana disagree
21. Which of these statements is NOT true? with each other b)what has happened to Adjoa's
a) Nana has a special voice to silence or snub father c)how Adjoa responds to the world
everyone up. B) Maami is Nana's daughter. around her d)where the village of Hasodzi is
c) Nana is not liked by the narrator. located
d) The narrator likes Nana despite her negative
attitude towards the narrator's legs. 33.. Which quotation from the story conveys
Nana's change in attitude about hergranddaughter?
22.Maami's words, "Mother, why are you always a) "But Kaya, I am not sure about her legs."
complaining about Adjoa's legs?" made Nana b) "Mother, why are you always complaining
feel........ a)happy b) confident c)annoyed about Adjoa's legs?"
d) frustrated c) "But Adjoa has legs... except that they are too
thin." D)"Thin legs can run... then who knows?"
22.Adjoa is a .......year old girl. a) eight
(b) nine c) seven d) ten 35. Adjoa was born in…..a); a very big village in
the Central Region of Ghana. A)Cape Coast
23. The place Adjoa hails from is .... a)barren b)Kumasi c) Sunyani d)Hasodzi
b) fertile c) a plateau d)frequented by earthquakes
Q. Maami is my mother. Nana is my mother's
24Adjoa's Maami is ……a) dominating (b orthodox mother. And they say I am seven years old. And
c) humble and helpless d)conservative my problem is that at this seven years of age, there
are things I can think in my head, but which,
25.Adjoa was…. A) headstrong b)timid maybe, I do not have the proper language to speak
c) cunning d)analytical and sensitive them out with. And that, I , think, is a very serious
problem, Because………….
26.Who was Kaya? A)Nana b)Maami (i) What is the relationship between Maami and
c) Adjoa's school teacher d)Adjoa's nickname the narrator?
(ii) What does the narrator consider as 'a very
27.When Adjoa thinks of her legs, she is… serious problem' and why?
a) depressed b) excited c) analytical (iii) Explain the pun on the word 'problem'.
(d) angry with her lot (iv) What does Adjoa not find 'easy' with grown-
ups? What is the general attitude of elders when
28.. Adjoa is selected to represent her school in youngsters wish to express themselves?
a) state games b)international games v)With reference to Nana, explain why it was not
c)national-level games d) junior district games easy for Adjoa to deal with her.