Post Code : P.O BOX 3000 - 80100 MOMBASA
March 2025
2:0 minute
Exam code: 300142
1. Write your name and index number in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
2. Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
3. Answer three questions only.
4. Questions 1 and 2 are compulsory.
5. In question 3 choose only one of the optional set texts you have prepared for.
6. Where a candidate presents work on more than one optional set text, only the first one to appear will be marked.
7. Each of your essays should not exceed 450 words
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Answer all questions
Imaginative Composition (Compulsory) (20 marks)
Either
Write a composition beginning:
As I walked along the lonely path that evening, it was evident that I will reach home late...
OR
Write a composition that explains the saying:
“Pride comes before a fall.” (20marks)
The compulsory set text (20 marks)
John Lara, The Samaritan
“Leaders who are motivated by greed subject their citizens to suffering”. Write an essay in support of this statement with reference to John Lara’s play The Samaritan.
The Optional Set Texts
Either
(a) The Short Story
A silent song and other stories Godwin Siundu (Ed.)
Failure to listen and heed good advice by people around us can result in suffering. Drawing your illustrations from Stanley Gazemba’s “Talking Money,” justify this assertion. (20 marks)
OR
(b) Drama
Adipo Sidang’ Parliament of Owls
“Women and people from minority groups can rise against all odds to bring change
without necessarily using violence.” Basing your argument on Adipo Sidang’s Parliament of Owls, write an essay to support this statement.
OR
(c) The Novel
Kazoo Ishuguro, An Artist of the Floating World
War has a way of affecting property and people’s lives. Drawing examples from the life of Masuji Ono in Ishiguro’s. An Artist of the Floating World, write an essay to show the truth of this statement.