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• Departure Lounge
•  
• The young man,
• when the flight is called
• is blowing his nose to clear
• the sadness of departure.
• The girl who's leaving looks
• composed. They're travelling
• on different planes
• to different destinations.
•  
• Each time
• we die a little.
• When we are young
• These moments devastate.
•  
• But partings down the years
• have helped to make me
• ready to say goodbye
• Mervyn Morris
• 1. What is the setting in the first stanza?
• (A) A funeral
• (B) An airport
• (C) A train station
• (D) An underground station
• 2. Which of the following BEST expresses the
meaning of the phrase “blowing his nose to clear
the sadness of departure”?
•  
• (A) The young man is crying.
• (B) The young man is devastated by the departure.
• (C) The young man copes with his grief by weeping.
• (D) The impending departure has made the young
man ill
• 3. Which of the following BEST explains the purpose
of stanza two?
•  
• (A) To show that everyone has to die
• (B) To include all young people in the grief of partings
• (C) To encourage people to empathize with one
another
• (D) To show that the speaker is not alone in the
departure lounge.
• 4. The tone of the poem can be described as
• (A) sober
• (B) caustic
• (C) nostalgic
• (D) regretful
• 5. Which of the following expressions from the
poem does NOT refer to the central theme of
the poem?
• (A) “ready to say goodbye”
• (B) “Each time we die a little”
• (C) “These moments devastate”
• (D) “blowing his nose to clear the sadness of
departure”
• 6. The main idea of the poem is that
• (A) the author learns to accept partings
• (B) people find it painful to deal with partings
• (C) people eventually learn to deal with
partings
• (D) two young people are parting company on
different flights
• 7. Which of the following literary devices are NOT
used in the poem?
• I. Pun
• II. Metaphor
• III. Oxymoron
• (A) I and II only
• (B) I and III only
• (C) II and III only
• (D) I, II and III
• Read the following scenario carefully and
then answer Items 8 – 10.
• A researcher was gathering information on the
impact of streaming within a particular high
school. He held a discussion with five sets of
students from remedial classes in different
forms or grades on how they are being
affected by their placement.
• 8. What method of data collection did the
researcher use?
• (A) Interview
• (B) Focus group
• (C) Questionnaire
• (D) Participant observation
•  
• 9. Apart from the students, which of the
following persons may be the BEST source of
primary data for this research?
• (A) Parents
• (B) Teachers
• (C) Education Officers
• (D) Deans of Discipline
•  
• 10. Which of the following is an advantage of using
a questionnaire for this particular study?
• (A) Results can be easily quantified.
• (B) It has a low rate of response
• (C) The researcher is able to ask follow-up
questions.
• (D)Respondents don’t have to think carefully
before formulating a response.
• Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully
and then answer items 11-15.
• At a recent meeting with the principal of Bishop’s
High School, the Ministry of Education revealed that
a check of the most recent census documents shows
that some senior students of the school have been
attending classes irregularly. The Ministry decided to
hire a research company to investigate the likely
reasons for the students’ irregular attendance.
• 11. Which of the following would be the MOST
appropriate population for this study?
• (A)All students of Bishop’s High that have been
attending classes irregularly
• (B) All senior students of Bishop’s High that have been
attending classes irregularly
• (C) All students of secondary students in the country
that have been attending classes irregularly
• (D) All senior students of secondary students in the
country that have been attending classes irregularly
• 12. Relevant demographic data about the student that
the researcher might seek to obtain would include
• I. Age
• II. Address
• III. Number of days absent
• (A) I and II only
• (B) I and III only
• (C) II and III only
• (D) I, II and III
• 13. If the research company only collected data in the
morning, which of the following would affect the data?
• I. Validity
• II. Time spent in the field
• III. Access to information
• (A) I only
• (B) II only
• (C) I and III only
• (D) I, II and III
• 14. If the research company was observing the patterns
of absenteeism among senior students, which of the
following would be an advantage?
• (A) Directly experiencing the behaviour of participants
• (B) Allowing its biases to affect what is observed
• (C) Spending a long enough period of time collecting
data
• (D) Participants changing their behaviour while being
observed
• 15. Which of the following URLs is NOT likely
to provide trustworthy information on student
attendance?
• (A) www.bishopshigh.edu
• (B) www.ttministryofeducation.gov
• (C) www.parentsbishopshigh.org
• (D) www.bishopsabsentstudents.com
Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully
and then answer Items 16 – 20.
The boy come back home for a few days holiday, see
some crabs Crosby have in a barrel. This is the son:
“Dad, what are those thangs there?”Talking like
Englishman. Crosby ain’tell him nothing. When he
poke his finger in the barrel and the crab catch hold
of him, he bawl: “Pa! The crab! The crab!”A well-
educated boy, yes. Lawyer, economist or something.
Lovelace E., 1982, The Wine of
Astonishment, p. 14
• 16. Which of the following expressions
contains syntactical features common to
Caribbean English Creoles?
• (A) “A well-educated boy”
• (B) “what are those thangs?”
• (C) “Pa! The crab! The crab!”
• (D) “Talking like Englishman.”
• 17. What features of Caribbean English Creole
grammar is used in the expression “Crosby
ain’tell him nothing”?
• (A) Reduplication
• (B) Double negative
• C) Syllable reduction
• (D) Zero copula structure
• 18. What attitude does the text ‘Talking like
Englishman. Crosby ain’t tell him nothing.’
suggest that the narrator has towards the boy?
• (A) Jealousy
• (B) Frustration
• (C) Amusement
• (D) Disapproval
• 19. What does the extract suggest about the
relationship between the boy’s
• education and his use of language?
• (A) His education makes him speak properly.
• (B) His education has influenced his language.
• (C) As an economist, he speaks Standard English.
• (D) He speaks English Creole because he is an
educated lawyer.
 The boy come back home for a few days holiday, see some crabs Crosby have in a barrel. This is
the son: “Dad, what are those thangs there?”Talking like Englishman. Crosby ain’tell him nothing.
When he poke his finger in the barrel and the crab catch hold of him, he bawl: “Pa! The crab! The
crab!”A well-educated boy, yes. Lawyer, economist or something.

• 20. What is suggested in the narrator’s final statement, “Lawyer,

economist or something”?
• (A) He was unable to recall the correct information.
• (B) He is not in awe of the young man’s educational achievements.
• (C) He does not think that the young man’s profession is
important.
• (D) He does not care that the young man has become a
professional.