Excerpt 7: Fathers of Nations Sample Excerpts with Answers
For you, I've done without money for over thirty years. Repeat: thirty years! And now you have the gall to say money is the reason I want to leave?
EXCERPT: 7 Questions on Fathers of Nations Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow. (25
marks) "I'm leaving" she said. The bed creaked. "What do you mean you are leaving? "Professor Kimani
asked. He knew the answer: She did not want to stay with him anymore. He
pressed her. "What's going on, Asiya?" "Newbom has asked me to marry him," she said. This part he did not know. "Newborn Walomu?" he asked.
Then he sat up in his half of the bed. "Yes, Newborn Walomu. I'm leaving tomorrow." "But why, Siya?" He did not wait for her answer.
"Ah! It is his money, isn't it?" "How dare you, Karanja!" she shouted. Then she also sat
up in her half of the bed and turned a
bedside lamp on and glowered at him. "For you, I've done without money for
over thirty years. Repeat: thirty years! And now you have the gall to say money
is the reason I want to leave?" "Well,…