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Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education.
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDINDATES
a) Answer three questions only
b) Question one and two are compulsory
c) In question three, choose only one of the optional texts you have prepared on.
d) Where a candidate presents work on more than one optional text, only the first to appear will
be marked.
e) Each essay should not exceed 450 words.
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY.
QUESTION TOTAL MARKS CANDIDATE’S SCORE
1.Imaginative Composition 20
2.The Compulsory Set Text 20
3.The Optional Set Text 20
TOTAL 60
MANGU MOCK TRIAL 3
Answer three questions only.
l. Imaginative Composition (Compulsory) (20 marks)
a) write a story to illustrate the proverb, “Hurry has no blessing.
Or
b) Write a story beginning, “Screams of sirens rented the air…
- The Compulsory Set Text (20 marks)
Betrayal causes pain and strain society. Using John’s Lara’s play, The Samaritan, for examples, write
an essay to validate this assertion. - The Optional Set Texts (20 marks)
a) An Artist of the Floating World
How does Ishiguro distinguish the atmosphere of the “floating world” from that of the regular world
using imagery and figurative language?
Or
b) A Silent Songs and Other Stories
Ninema is a short story about challenges of women in life. By referring to the life of
Ninema, support this assertion.
Or
c) Parliament of Owls by Adipo Sidang
Nothing good comes easy. Support the statement by closely referring to the play Parliament of
Owls by Adipo Sidang
