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<strong>101</strong>/3<br />
<strong>ENGLISH</strong><br />
<strong>Paper</strong> 3<br />
(<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>composition</strong> <strong>and</strong> essays based on set texts)<br />
MARCH/APRIL 2012<br />
2 ½ HOURS<br />
THE LAINAKU JOINT ASSESSMENT TEST 2012<br />
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES<br />
a) Answer three questions only.<br />
b) Questions one <strong>and</strong> two are compulsory<br />
c) In question three choose only one of the optional texts you have prepared on.<br />
d) Where a c<strong>and</strong>idate presents work on more than one optional text, only the first one to<br />
appear will be marked.<br />
e) Each of your essays must not exceed 450 words.<br />
f) All answers to be written in the answer booklet provided.<br />
g) This paper consists of 2 printed pages.<br />
h) C<strong>and</strong>idates should check the question paper to ascertain that both pages are printed<br />
as indicated <strong>and</strong> that no questions are missing.<br />
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<strong>ENGLISH</strong> PAPER <strong>101</strong>/3<br />
Answer three questions only<br />
1. Imaginative <strong>composition</strong>. (Compulsory) (20 mks)<br />
Either<br />
(a)<br />
Or<br />
(b)<br />
Write a <strong>composition</strong> to illustrate the following saying.<br />
“As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.”<br />
“Irresponsibility among husb<strong>and</strong>s has led to their being battered by their wives”.<br />
Write a <strong>composition</strong> to support or refute this statement.<br />
2. The compulsory Set Text s (20 mks)<br />
An Enemy of the People: Henrik Ibsen<br />
“The press is the real enemy of the people”. Drawing your illustrations from ‘An Enemy<br />
of the people” by Henrik Ibsen, write a <strong>composition</strong> on this claim.<br />
3. The Optional Set texts (20 mks)<br />
Either<br />
(a) The short story: Macmillan (Ed), “Half a Day <strong>and</strong> other stories”.<br />
Or<br />
“It does not pay to take advantage of other people in a society”. Write an essay in<br />
support of this statement drawing your illustrations from Peter Nazareth’s story,<br />
“Money Man”.<br />
(b) Drama: John Rug<strong>and</strong>a, “Shreds of Tenderness”.<br />
With close reference to Shreds of Tenderness by: John Rug<strong>and</strong>a.<br />
Discuss how the military government contributes to abuse of human rights.<br />
Or<br />
(c) The Novel: Velma Pollard, “Homestretch”.<br />
Using Velma Pollard’s novel Homestretch, show the truth in the statement, “East or<br />
West, home is the best.”<br />
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