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2 marksUnderstanding Literary Discourse

CSEC English A · January 2011 · Paper 2 · Question 2(a)

An extract adapted from Andrea Levy's 'Small Island' describing Hortense's arrival in a cold, dreary room in England and her efforts to settle in.

According to the first THREE sentences of the passage, what was the narrator's reaction to England?

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  1. 2(b)Identify TWO conditions of the room that the narrator found depressing.[2 marks]
  2. 2(c)What did the narrator discover that was different from what she had been taught in school?[2 marks]
  3. 2(d)Give TWO details from paragraph 1 which show how cold the narrator found England.[2 marks]
  4. 2(e)What TWO things are contrasted in paragraphs 1 and 2?[2 marks]
  5. 2(f)Identify ONE example of personification used in paragraph 2.[2 marks]
  6. 2(g)What effect did the blanket have on the environment?[2 marks]
  7. 2(h)Which event boosted the narrator's determination to make the best of England?[1 mark]

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