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EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF SWAZILAND Junior Certificate Examination

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH 120/02 Paper 2 (Unseen Text) October/November 2016 1 hour 30 minutes

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Write your Centre Number, Candidate Number and Name on all the work you hand in.

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Answer one question. Either Question 1 or Question 2.

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Both questions in this paper are worth 20 marks.

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Answer either Question 1 or Question 2 ©ECOS 2016 120/02/OCT/NOV/2016 [Turn over 2 EITHER 1. Read the following passage from a novel about a young man’s encounter with poachers.

What are your feelings as you read this passage? In your response you may consider:

 the writer’s choice of words

 the events taking place

 your feelings as you read

 anything else that has impressed you

Without thinking that he might be heading for danger, Ronnie quickly climbed to the ground and marched out towards the 1poachers. The four men were amazed to see the angry teenager coming towards them. ‘Where do you come from?’ asked Nick, gazing stupidly 5 at Ronnie. ‘I live around here,’ said Ronnie angrily. ‘It is more cor- rect to ask what you …. you poachers are doing here.’ Nick stood up and made as if he wanted to tackle Ronnie, Pete and Charlie sat rigid in their chairs, while 10 Bert looked at Ronnie with an amused smile on his lips. Bert said smoothly, ‘Leave this to me, Nick.’ Mumbling under his breath Nick sat down again. ‘What’s the problem, young man?’ He smiled, but close up Ronnie could see that his grey eyes were hard, un- 15 smiling. ‘You are killing protected birds, that’s what the problem is!’ shouted Ronnie hotly. He did not care that there were four of them. ‘You have no right to do that.’ Bert stood up and came around, talking calmly. Ronnie 20 was forced to turn partly away from the others in order to keep on facing Bert. ‘And if I said to you that we do have the right, what would you say then, young man?’ ‘I would say that you are a liar!’ Ronnie flung back at him. ‘The black eagles are protected, and you would never 25 get a permit to hunt them.’

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Bert’s eyes narrowed, and the smile left his face. ‘Who are you calling a liar?’ he roared. He 2towered over Ronnie, his face white with anger. He looked so menacing that Ronnie forgot the other three men until it was too 30 late. ‘Take him, men! He knows too much!’ Ronnie realised then that he had allowed himself to be caught in a trap. He tried to slip past Bert, but the big man held out his arms to stop him. Someone grabbed him from behind, and was trying to press him to the ground. 35 For his age Ronnie was a very strong boy, but there were too many against him. The last thing he remembered was seeing Bert’s handsome face laughing down at him before he was struck by a blow at the back of his head. He fell to the ground unconscious. 40 When he came to, his head was throbbing and he could hardly open his eyes without feeling pain stabbing into them from the light. To make matters worse a strong smell of petrol fumes filled the air, making him feel 3nauseous. Vaguely he heard Bert’s voice saying, ‘Ready, men? Now 45 let’s go and fetch that other eagle. See you later, Nick. Have everything ready so that we can leave as soon as possible. We don’t want to hang around here longer than we need to.’ Suddenly Ronnie remembered. The eagle! He had to try 50 to save the remaining eagle! Opening his eyes slowly, trying to get used to the light, he saw that he was in the back of one of the trucks. Through the rear window of the canopy he could see the front of the caravan. The petrol fumes, the heat in the 55 truck and the throbbing pain from the blow at the back of his head all made him feel as if the world was spinning around. But he gritted his teeth and kept on looking around. Glossary

1 poacher : a person who illegally hunts birds, animals etc. 2 towered : much taller than 3 nauseous : feeling as if you want to vomit 4 gritted : clenching of teeth especially when faced with unpleasant situation

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2. Read the following poem about memories of childhood.

How does the persona share his memories of childhood and his longing to be grown up?

In your response you may include:  the story being told by the poem  the language of the poem  your feelings as you read this poem  any other ideas that might have impressed you

The fury of Overshoes

They sit in a row outside the 1kindergarten, black, red, brown, all with those 2brass buckles. Remember when you couldn’t 5 buckle your own overshoe or tie your own shoe or cut your own meat 10 and the tears running down like mud because you fell off your tricycle? Remember, big fish 15 when you couldn’t swim and simply slipped under like a stone frog? The world wasn’t yours. 20

It belonged to the big people. Under your bed sat the wolf and he made a shadow 25 when cars passed by at night. They made you give up your nightlight

and your teddy 30 and your thumb. Oh, 3overshoes don’t you remember me, pushing you up and down 35 in the winter snow? Oh thumb, I want a drink, it is dark, where are the big people 40 when will I get there, taking giant steps all day, each day and thinking 45 nothing of it?

Glossary

1 kindergarten : nursery school (pre-school)

2 brass buckles : pieces of bright, yellow metal used to fasten shoes

3 overshoes : a shoe one wears over another shoe especially in wet weather

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