Homework answers / question archive /  Crazy Peter Prattles So what is the mountain deal About the minister's ailing son That he makes boiling news? How come it was not whispered When Tina's hospital bed crawled with maggots And her eyes oozed pus Because the doctors lacked gloves?What about Kasajja's only child  Who died because the man with the key To the oxygen room was on leave? I have seen queues of emaciated mothers clinging to babies with translucent skins faint in line and the lioness of a nurse Commanding tersely "Get up or leave the line"

 Crazy Peter Prattles So what is the mountain deal About the minister's ailing son That he makes boiling news? How come it was not whispered When Tina's hospital bed crawled with maggots And her eyes oozed pus Because the doctors lacked gloves?What about Kasajja's only child  Who died because the man with the key To the oxygen room was on leave? I have seen queues of emaciated mothers clinging to babies with translucent skins faint in line and the lioness of a nurse Commanding tersely "Get up or leave the line"

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 Crazy Peter Prattles So what is the mountain deal About the minister's ailing son That he makes boiling news? How come it was not whispered When Tina's hospital bed crawled with maggots And her eyes oozed pus Because the doctors lacked gloves?What about Kasajja's only child  Who died because the man with the key To the oxygen room was on leave? I have seen queues of emaciated mothers clinging to babies with translucent skins faint in line and the lioness of a nurse Commanding tersely "Get up or leave the line".Didn't I hear it rumoured that the man with the white mane and black robes whose mouth stores the justice of the land ushered a rape case out of court because the seven year old failed to testify? Anyway, I only remember these things when I drink they are indeed tipsy explosions. ["Crazy Peter Prattles" by Susan Nalugwa Kiguli in Echoes Across the valley: Ed. Auther I. Luvai and Kwamchetsi Makokha]

a) What problems are highlighted in the poem about the state of health care? b) What is the significance of the rhetorical question in the first stanza? c) Pick out any two images in this poem and explain their significance. d) i) Identify the problem that the fifth stanza deals with (2 mks) ii) How does this connect with the problems in the previous stanzas? e) Explain the meaning of the following words a they are used in the poem 

(i) oozed 

(ii) emaciated 

(iii) translucent

f) What is the significance of the last stanza (3 mks)

 

12. 

My little sister likes to try my shoes,

to strut in them

admire her spindle- thin twelve- year old legs

In this season's styles.

She says they fit perfectly,

But wobbles

On their high heels, they're

hard to balance

I like to watch my little sister

playing hopscotch, admire the

neat hops-and -skips of her,

their quick peck,

never missing their mark, not

over-stepping the line

She is competent at peever.

I try to warn my little sister

about unsuitable shoes,

Point out my own distorted feet, the callouses,

Odd patches of hard skin.

I should not like to see her

In my shoes

I wish she would stay

Sure footed

Sensible shod

(By Liz Lochhead in poem 1, ed. Celeste flower. Singapore: Longman, 1995.)

 

a) Why does the little sister try the persona's shoes? (3mks)

b) How do we know from the first stanza that the shoes don't fit? (1mk)

c) Why does the persona like watching her younger sister play hopscotch? 

(4mks)

d) In the third stanza, the persona gives us new reasons why her little sister should 

not wear her shoes. What are these reasons? (2mks)

e) What is the message of this poem? (5mks)

f) Describe the tone of the poem? (3mks)

g) Explain the meaning of the following lines; I should not like to see her in my 

shoes

 

 

28. a) Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences with the 

most appropriate word(s) (3 marks)

i) If we had gone to bed early night, we _________ rested enough.

ii) If I ______ the recruiting officer, I would not take bribes, 

iii) Every one of the students now ______ a role to play in keeping the 

school compound clean.

b) Rewrite the following sentences to remove gender bias. (3 marks)

i) A professor should give his students opportunities to develop their skills.

ii) My sister was appointed chairman of the water project committee. iii) The 

firemen took a long time to arrive at the scene of the accident.

c) Fill in the blanks with the correct alternative from the choices given.

(3 marks)

i) Who ________ a fire outside the house?

(Light / Lighted / Lit) 

ii) Since the introduction of community policing in our estates______ of theft 

have reduced. (Incidence / incident / incidents) 

iii) An elephant looks after _______ calf. (it's / its)