Imaginative Composition (Compulsory)
Either
(a) Write a story ending with the following words … The experience left a permanent scar in my heart.
or
(b) Write a composition justifying or refuting this statement: “The government is justified in its plan to
provide laptops to pupils in class one.”

The Compulsory Set Text
Bertolt Brecht, The Caucasian Chalk Circle
“Some people usually abandon their close family members during hard times for the sake of their own
material thirst.” Drawing illustrations from the play The Caucasian Chalk Circle, write an
essayillustrating the truth of this statement.

The Optional Set Texts
Answer any ONE of the following questions.
Either
(a) The Short Story
Ilieva and Olembo (Ed.), When the Sun Goes Down and Other Stories
With clear illustrations from Leila Abouzeid’s short story ‘Two Stories of a House”, write an essay
explaining how ingratitude breeds conflict in a society.
or
(b) Drama
Francis Imbuga, Betrayal in the City. ‘In a dictatorial regime the prisoners are not only the incarcerated.’ Drawing your illustrations from
Imbuga’s Betrayal in the City, write an essay to justify this statement.
or
(c) The Novel
Witi Ihimaera, The Whale Rider
“Change can sometimes be detrimental to the set order of things in a society.” Drawing your
illustration from Witi Ihimaera’s The Whale Rider, write an essay to justify this statement.