Fathers of Nations Excerpt 6 Questions
Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow. (25 marks)
"Excellent. Keep that mobile phone on at all times, day and night, rain or shine. From now on, I will be calling you often, even unexpectedly, but only through this number. So always have the mobile phone on. Unlike your hotel phone, it is completely secure, which means I can talk to you on it freely."
"So you will tell me your real name now? "Pastor Chiamaka asked.
"My real name, my real name-why? "shouted the caller, angry all of a sudden.
"Well, 'why' yourself, "Pastor Chiamaka shouted back, also angrily, answering fire with fire. "If I don't have your real name, how can I even begin to ask for you were a need to do so to arise?"
'Were a need to do so to arise, I would contact you," the caller told him.
"Ah, you can contact me, but I can't contact you? What is the matter? Are you afraid I might surprise you?"
"Shut your mouth!" snapped the caller.
"What did you say?" Pastor Chiamaka asked.
"You heard me. Now get this: I want you to obey me, not to argue with me. You will not talk back to me like this
"R-r-right, "Pastor Chiamaka stammered, suddenly tamed. "Y-y-yes, I do."
"Splendid. So, Pastor Chiamaka, let me say what I was going to say if you had let me." Pleased by his quick victory the caller was inching back towards polite speech. "What I was going to say is..."He stopped. Pastor Chiamaka waited.
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a) Place this excerpt in its immediate context. (4 marks)
b) Using your knowledge of the rest of the text, explain one instance of irony evident in this excerpt. (3 marks)
c) Apart from irony, identify and illustrate another style used in the excerpt. (2 MARKS)
d) Identify and illustrate two-character traits common to both Pastor Chiamaka and the caller. (4 marks)
e) List the content of the briefcase left by the caller for Pastor Chiamaka. (4 marks)
f) Which name did the caller identify himself with to Pastor Chiamaka? (1 mark)
g) Rewrite the following sentence in reported speech. (1 mark)
“so you will tell me your real name now?" Pastor Chiamaka asked.
h) Who is Pastor Chiamaka? (2 marks)
i) Give the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt. (4 marks)
(i) Unexpectedly
(ii) Snapped
(iii) Tamed
(iv) Inching :