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NAME OF CANDIDATE: DATE: 04 APRIL 2025

SECTION A (20 MARKS)


Reading comprehension.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 1. Why did the mother take the baby to the field instead of leaving him at home?
(2 marks)
My mother didn’t have anyone to help her take care of me whilst she was
2. Why did the mother and the aunt not pay attention to the cries of the baby
working in the field. She therefore strapped me to her back whilst working.
when he was being roasted by the sun? (4 marks)
This was very tiring as she had to bend down all the time using a long knife
3. What effect had the sun on the baby? (2 marks)
for cultivation or a hoe. Sometimes l would be crying on her back or
sleeping. But so long as l was fed and dry, my mother would continue 4. What shows that despite bathing the baby in the water, it did not help?
working. (2marks)
When l grew a little bigger, my mother couldn’t work properly with me on 5. Give the meaning of each of the following words as used in the passage (4
her back, and so she laid me down at the foot of a banana tree. She made marks)
sure that the sun was not shining directly on me and that the shadow of the i. roasted
banana tree was cast on me so it could protect me from the hot sun. ii. Glaring
One day, my mother and my aunt, Wangui, were working together, and as iii. Horror
usual they laid me under a banana tree. The sun was very hot. They had iv. Extremely
already fed me and l was nice and dry. They continued cultivating and 5. Explain what showed that the mother and the aunt were afraid of the father?
singing happily. For a while they forgot me and as the time went by, the (4 marks)
shadow of the tree moved away and exposed me to the sun though l tossed 6. Give a tittle for the passage. ( 2 marks)
and cried, both my mother and my aunt thought it normal for a baby.
Louder l cried and louder, and then my voice grew faint and thin. At this,
my mother looked back to my tree and saw me, still, in the full glaring sun.
THE END OF THE PAPAER
’’ Wangui!’’
’’What’s wrong?’’ my aunt had not yet seen me.
’’We forgot the baby and he might be dead!’’
’’Oh, Ngai!’’ cried my aunt. ’’ Let’s run fast!’’

They scrambled up and, dropping their hoes, ran to me. They lifted up the
little Cloth with which they had covered me, and to their horror, found l was
bright red all over, like pepper! They were frightened.
’’Oh, my dear, lovely son!’’
’’ What shall we tell his father?’’ asked my aunt.
’’ He will be extremely angry __ we must do something quickly.’’

They rushed me to a nearby well and soaked me in water. They bathed me


all over, but l was still as red…….the sun had indeed roasted me.

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