The Caucasian Chalk Circle Objective Questions

FORM THREE 2017 DECEMBER HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT

THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. Name the two communes that have a dispute over a piece of land. (4 marks)

2. How does Azdak become a judge? (6 marks)

3. Identify the six cases that Azdak conducts in the story based on the following. (8 marks) a) The case b) The complainant c) The accused d) The verdict

4. Give reasons why the fruit farmers were given the valley. (6 marks)

5. Describe the happenings around the chalk circle in Natella and Grusha’s case. (6 marks)

6. Explain the encounter between Azdak and the Grand Duke. (5 marks)

7. What is the name of the singer in the story? (1 mark)

8. describe the following incidences involving Grusha a) Picking of thre child (2 marks) b) The milk incidence (3 marks) c) The doorstep incidence d) The Jangatau Glacier incidence. (3 marks) e) The bridge incidence. (3 marks)

8. How many days does Grusha take to travel to the northern mountains? (1 mark)

9. Why are other servants of the palace discouraging Grusha from taking the child? (3 marks)

10. what are the funny things that Azdak does during his cases? (6 marks)

12. prove that Azdak is corrupt. (4 marks)

13. “What there is shall be given to those who are good for it.” a) Who said these words? ( 1 mark)

of 4 b) Give two incidences in the story that prove the above words. (6 marks)

14. How doe Azdak come to know the true intention of Natella of wanting baby Michael in her case with Grusha (3 marks)

15. Prove that Aniko is not hospitable. (3 marks)

16. What is ironical about Jussup being refered to as a dying man? (3 marks)

17. Comment on the behavior of the monk in the story. (4 marks)

18. Describe one incidence of a play within a play as seen in the story. (5 marks)

19. comment on the character of the corporal. (6 marks)

20. Who is simon? (1 mark)

21. How is Azdak saved from the wrath of the firmers and the ironshirts when the Grand Duke comes back to power? (3 marks)

22. What is Azdak’s favourite statement before he begins his cases and what does this mean? (2 marks)

23. What is ironical in the divorce case? (2 marks)

24. what happens to the judge who was there before Azdak? (1 mark)

25. Why do you think Azdak sits on the statute book? (3 marks)

THE RIVER AND THE SOURCE

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. What did chief Odero Gogni mean by the following statements (2 marks) a) Another rock for my sling. b) A home without daughters is like a spring without a source

2. Comment on the meaning of Akokos First words “Dwaro mara.” ( 2 marks)

3. Identify Two songs to be found in the River and the Source basing on the following details a) The singer (1 mark) b) The occasion or situation in which the song was sung. (1 mark)

of 4 c) what the song is about. (2 marks) d) Importance of the song. (1 mark)

(TOTAL 5 MARKS)

4. Comment on the social relationship between Vera and Becky giving three illustrations from the story. (4 marks)

5. Explain how Awiti’s miscarriage of her first pregnancy came about. (3 marks)

6. Explain the fate of Obura beginning from the time he left home up to the time his death was reported. (5 marks)

7. Prove that Akoko is precocious ( 5 marks)

8. How many times did Akoko go to Kisumu? Explain why he went to Kisumu in each case. (6 marks)

10. Attempt an explanation of what the title of the story refers to. (3 marks)

11. How many children does Awiti give birth to. Provide their names. (8 marks)

12. Nyabera suffers in a number of instances in the story. Identify these instances. ( 5 marks)

13. Male characters in the River and the Source seem to be tragic characters. Prove this using any three characters in the story. (6 marks)

14. Explain Akoko’s reaction when she got fed up with the accusations of the mother in law. (5 marks)

15. What kind of character is Otieno Kembo? (6 marks)

16. prove that Akoko is hardworking. (8 marks)

17. Mark Sigu is a strict disciplinarian. Explain citing at least four illustrations from the story. (10 marks)

18. How did mark sigu help his wife around the house? (2 marks)

19. Explain how different men in the story support their wives in the story. (6 marks)

20. What do you know about Awiti’s education? (10 marks)

21. Explain what happened when Wandia beat Aoro in an anatomy exam by 78 points against 77. (4 marks)

22. State the level of education of Sigu and Elizabeth’s children and what each child becomes after their education. (14 marks)

23. What challenges does Nyabera face as a wife inherited through tero? (6 marks)

of 4 24. Describe Mark’s reaction when Awiti blames him for her miscarriage. (5 marks)

25. Describe the incidence where mark sigu becomes unfaithful in marriage. (8 marks)

26. Prove that Akoko loves her husband. (2 marks)

27.Do you think that the writer exalts women against men? Explain with illustrations. (6 marks)

28. The consequences of sin is death. Explain using Becky’s situation. (8 marks)

29. How did Owuor Kembo react when he came back to find that his wife had left for yimbo after a quarrel? (4 marks)

30. Describe three funny instances in the story. (6 marks)

31. How did Aoro’s medical carrier begin. (3 marks)

32. Akoko was always determined to do things differently. Expain using any three instances in the story. (6 marks)