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THE COCKCROW COMPILATION QUESTIONS WILL COVER

THE FOLLOWING AREA;

1. A Minor bird
2. Makola
3. The Girl who can
4. Tell my son to hold onto his gun
5. The ripples
6. Oliver Twist
7. The Desert Rivers
8. Debbie, Sandy and Pepe

A Minor Bird (Poem)

Robert Frost

A. Read the Extract below and answer the questions.

The fault must partly been in me

The bird was not to blame for his key

1. Describe how the speaker feels


2. Why does he feel as above?
B. Answer the questions below by writing the suitable answers
3. When did the speaker decide to clap at the bird?
4. The attitude of the speaker in stanza 1 and 2 can be described
as?
5. State any two literary devices used in the poem

Makola (Poem)

Theresa Ennin

A. Answer the questions by writing the suitable answers

Head bent, rags all around upside down pan


Picking her nose, shuffling her feet, oblivious to the bustle
6. The atmosphere created in the lines above is
7. How did the cart pusher clean the sweat on his lips?

“I can’t”. She says, “I have no breast milk.”


8. Who is the speaker above?
9. Why is she not having breast milk?
10. What did the baby do when the mother tried to soothe
him?

The Girl Who Can (Short Story)

Ama Ata Aidoo

“She would laugh and laugh”

11. What is the literary device contained in this extract?


12. Why did the narrator refuse to express herself often?
13. According to the story, what causes deformity in people?
14. Why did Nana consider the narrator to be almost useless?
15. Who is Maami to the narrator?

Tell My Son To Hold onto His Gun (Short story)

Kaakyire Akosombo Nyantakyi

16. After successfully making the trip down the village all
alone, how did Kwame feel?
17. Who killed Kwame’s father?
18. What one theme of the story do you know?
“Are you going or not”
19. What is the mood expressed in this line above?
20. Why did Kwame’s father not mind him?
Why is it that today you want me to go and bring the food
21. What feeling does the above line depict?

The Ripples (Short story)

Peter Paul Adolinama


22. According to the narrator, how did wives regard their
husband’s decisions?
23. Why did the other women wish to be in Amina’s shoe
during the marriage ceremony?

It was almost dramatic to watch the young brides deteriorate


with speed of light into unhappy young wives
24. State the meaning of the sentence above?
25. Why did Abiba wish to have Amina as her biological
mother?
26. How was Abiba, her mother and grandmother’s fate
related?
27. What image does the phrase “gloomy destiny” convey?
28. Why was Safiya constantly fighting with Amina?

Oliver Twist (Novel)


Charles Dickens

Answer the questions by writing the suitable answers


29. Why did Oliver attack Noah?
30. Why did Oliver wish to leave Mr Bumble’s workhouse?
Mr. Grimwig warned Mr Brownlow that the boy would run off
with the money. “Nonsense!”, snapped Mr Brownlow. “He’s a
good lad”

31. What is the literary device used in the lines above?


32. Why was Nancy ready to betray Fagin?
33. What killed Sikes and where did he die?
34. From the point of view of Monk, why did the robbery at
Chertsey fail?
35. What was the consequence of Oliver disobeying Sikes?
36. Who was sad to have a purple lip in the story
37. How much did Nancy charge Mr Brownlow for letting him
know the whereabouts of Monk?

The Desert Rivers (Poem)


Lade Worsonu
Answer the questions by writing the correct answers

If you cannot see our tears


It does not mean we don’t cry

38. Write the meaning of the lines above


39. The ‘Desert’ used in the poem conveys a picture of
40. What is the theme of the poem?
DEBBIE, SANDY AND PEPE
BY MERRIL CORNEY
1. Where did Debbie find the bird?
The path beside the house
2. Who referred to the bird as poor little thing?
Debbie
3. What is said to look like a yellow plastic?
The beak of the bird
4. The expression "she wriggled her finger like a worm" is an
example of ..
Simile
5. What did the girl use as nest?
Old letterbox
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6. What did the postman put the mail in when he couldn't reach the
old letter box
The new box
7. How is the new box shaped like
Shaped like a house that sat on the gatepost
8. What did the girl use to fill the old letterbox
Dry grass chippings
9. What was the first food Debbie suggested the bird eat?
Worms
10. What was used to dig worms for the bird?
Garden trowel
11. What according to the girls could be used to mush the
Worms?
Mum's blender
12. Who described the bird as the type that eats flies and
mozzies?
Sandy
14, What name was giving to the bird?
Sandy
13. Who gave the piece of chocolate to the bird?
Pepe
15. Who named the bird Pepe?
Debbie
16. Who whispered Good?
Debbie
17. Who said "birds fell comfortable outside than in cages
Debbie's mum
18. What did Debbie say she would tie to the leg of Pepe?
Notes to send message to her friend
19. Which bird were said to be sent during war?
Pigeons
20. Where did Debbie and Sandy meet during lunch time at school?
behind the shelter shed

21. How did Debbie and Sandy spend the break at school?
Ans. searching for fresh worms, insects and seeds
22. What was the name of Debbie's teacher?
Mrs. Atkins
23. On what was Sandra swinging upside down'?
On the monkey's bars
24. What according to Sandy might have caused Pepe's death?
Starvation
25. According to Debbie, what might have been the cause of Pepe's
death?
The chocolate sandy gave it
26. According to Sandy, what did mum do that Debbie cried?
when mum threw boiling water on the ant
27. Who described Debbie as being too soft-heated?
Debbie's mum
28. What did Debbie use to wrap Pepe when it died?
tissue
29. Where did Debbie lay Pepe when it died?
under the hedge and covered him with fallen leaves
30. Who asked the mother whether birds go to heaven?2
Debbie
31. What did Debbie's mother ask her to check on the calendar?
the first day of spring
32. According to the story, five sparrows are sold for.
two pennies
33. How old is Debbie?
17 years
34. The quotation" are not five sparrows sold for two pennies, yet not
one of them is forgotten by God" is an example of the literary device?
Biblical Allusion
35. From what point of view is the story narrated from?
Third person point of view
36. The expression" I have been waiting for ages" brings out the
literary device....
Ans: Hyperbole or Exaggeration
37. The main character in the story is...
Ans: Debbie
38. The main theme of the story is...
showing care and concern towards all creature
39. What figure of speech is in the line "indeed, the very hairs of your
head are numbered?
Biblical Allusion
40. According to the story, what role did birds play during the war?
notes were tied to their legs and they were used as messengers to
deliver messages during war
41. Why did Debbie become happy after reading the Bible quotation?
it gave her hope
42. What was described as a countryside scene?
the photograph on the calendar
43. In the story, who said birds are awfully hard to rear?
Debbie's mum
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