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When God had to stop them speaking, He made birds sing, like this Chrrip! Chrrip!

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When God had to stop them speaking, He made birds sing, like this Chrrip! Chrrip! ... Lions to roar like this Graagh! Graagh! And hyenas to howl like this Huuuu! Huuu! And do you blame God? Listen to what naughty hyena who had gone two days without any meal did. He had been wondering up and down the hills when he suddenly stopped, nose in the air, and foot raised. Do I smell, eh ...smell food? He slowly raised his head to the skies as if to say, "Please God, let me find some food, even one rotting bone will do." Slowly, he followed the smell, sniffing hard, stopping now and again, over grinning wider as the smell became stronger. "Here at last", he said as he came in sight of a calf that seemed dead, flies buzzing over its excrement. "God, no time to waste. Who knows the owner may be around. Oh, no, I see it is secured to a tree with a "mukwa." I'll take my time. Ha, I am tired too, come to think of it. God gave us pretty strong senses of smell, generous old ...man. Still I do think some people tend to exaggerate now who was it saying the other day 'ati' God is the giver of everything and we should be grateful? O.K. Tell me, did God give this calf? Did you God? I found it myself, smelled my way there, all the way. Nice calf too, rather think but it will do. I'll take the head home and make soup with herbs. I especially like 'muthathii', and I see one over there. Ok. Here we go, where shall I start, this lovely neck? No, I know, I will start with the 'mukwa' the I'll get on to the soft stuff, the tail, the rump, 'Mahu' ...." After chewing up half of the 'mukwa' the hyena brushed his teeth with the twig of a 'muthiga' tree to stimulate his appetite. He stepped on the calf's tail, stuffed it in his mouth and 'snap' it went. The calf which was only very sick ad tired shot up and bolted away in the twinkling of an eye. The hyena rubbed his eyes, ambled after the disappearing calf and soon fell down in exhaustion. He looked up again to the heaven, tried to speak but now words came. Hyenas have never been able to speak ever since ...... Questions (a) Classify this narrative and give a reason for your answer. (2 marks) (b) What two features of oral narrative are evident in this story? (4 marks) (c) Identify one economic aspect of the community described in this narrative and give evidence of your answer. (2 marks) (d) Describe two character traits of the hyena as portrayed in the narrative. (4 marks) (e) (i) What is the moral of this narrative? (2 marks) (ii) a proverb with the same moral as this narrative. (1 mark) (f) If you are asked to go and collect this story in the field, state:- (i) Three things you would do before the actual field trip. (3 marks) (ii) Two difficulties you are likely to encounter. (2 marks) Question 4: GRAMMAR (15 marks) (a) Rewrite each of the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. (3 marks) i) The principal advised the students to consider the consequences of their behaviour. (Rewrite in direct speech) ii) We can save time by getting to class before the bell goes. (Begin: Time ..............) iii) It is bad manners to smoke in a crowded place. (Rewrite using a gerund). (b) Using the words in brackets, complete the following sentences with the most appropriate phrasal verb. (3 marks) (i) I was _______by his childish behaviour during the academic parade. (take). (ii) The new students could not ____________ their way to the dormitory. (make) (c) Fill in the blanks spaces using the correct form of the word. (3 marks) (i) She could not stand the ____________________ (vulgar) of his actions. (ii) The criminals __________________ (scandal) behaviour in court appalled to the judge. (iii)He walked ____________________ (caution) since the flour was wet. (d) Complete each of the following sentences by filling the blank spaces with the correct preposition. (2 marks) (i) Power went off; we had to see _________________ the light of a tin lamp. (ii) On Saturday, our football team won because the spectators cheered ___________________. (e) Choose the best alternative to complete the following sentences. (2 marks) (i) Walter and _______________ (me, I) wrote the article. (ii) How can you be so sure it was______________? (they, them) (f) Replace the underlined word with a gender neutral one. The foreman arrived late and delayed the construction. (g) Explain the ambiguity in this sentence. (2 marks) We saw her duck