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Thisquestion paperconsistsof41pages.

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INSTRUCTIONSAND INFORMATION

Readthis pagecarefullybeforeyoubeginto answer thequestions.

1.DoNOTattempttoreadtheentirequestionpaper.ConsulttheTableof Contents on the next page andmark the numbers ofthequestions set on the textsyouhavestudied thisyear.Readthese questionsandchoose theones youwishtoanswer.

2. Thisquestionpaper consistsofFOUR sections:

3.Answer questionsfrom TWOsections,asfollows: SECTION A:NOVEL

Answer ONEquestiononthenovel thatyouhavestudied.

SECTION B:DRAMA

Answer ONEquestiononthedramathatyouhavestudied.

SECTION C: SHORT STORIES Answer ONEquestion.

SECTION D: POETRY Answer TWO questions.

Usethechecklisttoassistyou.

4. Followtheinstructionsat thebeginning of eachsectioncarefully.

5.Numberyouranswersexactlyasthequestionsarenumberedinthequestion paper.

6. StartEACH sectiononaNEWpage.

7. Spendapproximately60 minutesoneachsection.

8. Writeneatlyand legibly.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTIONA: NOVEL
AnswerANYONEquestion.
QUESTION NO. / QUESTION / MARKS / PAGENO.
ToKill aMockingbird / Contextual question / 35
OR
Lordof theFlies / Contextual question / 35
OR
A GrainofWheat / Contextual question / 35
SECTION B: DRAMA
AnswerANYONEquestion.
RomeoandJuliet / Contextual question / 35
OR
NothingbuttheTruth / Contextual question / 35
SECTION C: SHORTSTORIES
AnswerBOTH questions.
6.1. / The Coffee-Cart Girl / Contextual question / 17
AND
6.2. / The Dube Train / Contextual question / 18
SECTION D: POETRY
Answerthe questions set on BOTH poems
7.1. / Sonnet116:Let menot to
themarriageof trueminds / Contextual question / 18
AND
7.2. / Thebirthof Shaka / Contextual question / 17

CHECKLIST NOTE:

• Answer questionsfrom ANYTWOsections.

• Tick() thesections youhaveanswered.

SECTION / QUESTION NUMBERS / NO.OF QUESTIONS TOANSWER / TICK ()
A: Novel
(Contextual) / 1–3 / 1
B: Drama
(Contextual) / 4–5 / 1
C: ShortStories
(Contextual) / 6 / 1
D: Poetry
(Contextual) / 7 / 1
NOTE: / Ensure that youhave answered questions on TWO sectionsonly.

PLEASE NOTE:

  • The questions have been numbered as it would appear in the final National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination;
  • Please number your answers accordingly.

MEED June 2014

SECTION B: DRAMA

QUESTION 5(CONTEXTUAL QUESTION)

NOTHINGBUT THETRUTH

Readthefollowingextractsfromtheplayandanswerthequestionssetoneach. Thenumber of marks allocatedtoeachquestionservesasaguidetotheexpected lengthofyour answer.

NOTE: Answer thequestionsset on BOTH extracts,i.e. QUESTION 5.1 AND QUESTION 5.2.

5.1 / [Mandisa just arrived in South Africa bringing her father’s remains back home]
SIPHO: / [pointing to the urn]: What is in this thing?
MANDISA: / His ashes.
SIPHO: / All of him?
MANDISA: / Some of him.
SIPHO: / Where is the rest? / 5
MANDISA: / You don’t take all the ashes from the oven. It’s symbolic. The rest is … discharged is the word they use.
SIPHO: / You mean thrown away?
MANDISA: / All right. Yes.
SIPHO: / I want them all. / 10
MANDISA: / Oh this is ridiculous. I didn’t come here to argue about ashes.
SIPHO: / What am I going to bury on Saturday? My uncles are going to want to see him. What is going to be in the coffin?
THANDO: / Daddy! Some black people here are also going in for cremation these days. / 15
SIPHO: / I am not some black people. I am me. My family does not do that. The letter said ‘Mandisa will be coming with him’.
MANDISA: / I did. I brought his ashes.
SIPHO: / [showing a letter]: This letter said Mandisa would be coming with his brother. That is why I arranged a funeral. I could have organised a memorial in St Stephen’s Church Hall. He wanted to be buried next to my Mom and Dad, said the letter. No one said he wants his ashes to be scattered beside his Mom and Dad’s grave. You have embarrassed me. Hurt me. She should have asked me whether the family objected to my brother being cremated. No one asked me. I am his brother. I am his family. / 20
25
THANDO: / Let’s all be calm and discuss this.
5.1.1. / Refer to lines 1-2 (‘What is in …His ashes.)
a)What is the name of the ‘thing’ Sipho is referring to? / (1)
b)Whose ashes are in this thing? / (1)
c)What emotion does Sipho display towards Mandisa in these lines? / (1)
5.1.2. / Refer to lines 11-12 (Oh this is … about ashes.)
a)Why did Mandisa come to South Africa? / (2)
b)Do you think that Sipho is being fair towards Mandisa? Discuss your view. / (2)
5.1.3. / Refer to line 15-16 (‘Daddy! Some black people… cremation these days.’)
a)Where is the ‘here’ Thando is referring to? / (1)
b)What is a cremation? / (2)
5.1.4. / Refer to line 17 (‘I am not some black people. I am me.’)
Give TWO aspects of Sipho’s character that are displayed in these lines. / (2)
5.1.5. / Refer to lines 25-26 (‘You have embarrassed me. Hurt me.’)
Do you think that Sipho is really hurt? Discuss your view. / (2)
5.1.6. / In line 29 Thando says, (‘Let’s all be calm and discuss this.’)
Give TWO aspects of Thando’s character displayed in this line. / (2)
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5.2 / [Thando and Mandisa learn to know each other after Mandisa had just arrived]
MANDISA: / My father died two weeks ago. I’ve done all the mourning …I’ve got work to do now.
THANDO: / My father would expect us to show some respect for at least a month as children. Elderly people mourn much longer. He won’t allow me to go with you to Jo’burg. / 5
MANDISA: / Girl! ‘He won’t allow you’!
THANDO: / Things are different here. This is not London. There are rules in this house. For as long as I am staying with him under his roof there are rules and they’re his rules [laughing]. Would you like some tea? / 10
She goes to the kitchen
MANDISA: / [following her]: Yes, love some.
THANDO: / You were telling me about yourself.
MANDISA: / My mother works for Amnesty International and has done for donkey’s years. She met my father in Lagos, Nigeria, where she was working at the Amnesty office. Love at first sight – as my father used to say. They both came to London and got married – I was born… / 15
THANDO: / Any brothers and sisters
MANDISA: / Nope. I am the only child.
THANDO: / I had a brother, Luvuyo, not from my mom though, but he died … he was killed. / 20
MANDISA: / During the riots. Yes my daddy told me.
THANDO: / Not riots. Student uprisings. My father was devastated. Every morning for months his pillow would be soaked with tears. Always hid his tears from me. Didn’t want me to feel that he loved him more than me. I know he did. African men love their sons more than their daughters. / 25
5.2.1 / Refer to line 6 (‘Girl! ‘He won’t allow you’!)
Choose the correct answer from the options below. Write ONLY the letter.
a)When Mandisa speaks these words she is…
A)Happy
B)Sad
C)Shocked
D)Rude / (1)
b)Give TWO differences between Thando and Mandisa’s characters as displayed in the extract. / (2)
5.2.2 / Refer to line 7 (‘Things are different here. This is not London.’)
Why do you think Thando says this to Mandisa? / (2)
5.2.3 / Who is the ‘him’ Thando is referring to in line 8? / (1)
5.2.4 / What country is Mandisa’s mother’s family from? / (1)
5.2.5 / Refer to lines 14-15 (‘She met my father … at the Amnesty office.’)
Explain why Themba was in Lagos, Nigeria. / (2)
5.2.6 / Refer to lines 20-21 (‘I had a brother, … he was killed.’)
a)If you were the director of this play, what would you tell Thando to do while saying the words in these lines? / (2)
b)Identify Thando’s tone of voice in these lines. / (1)
c)Quote one word in support of your answer in (b). / (1)
5.2.7 / Refer to lines 23 (‘Not riots. … father was devastated.’)
a)Besides being devastated about Luvuyo dying, briefly discuss ONE other reason why Sipho was devastated. / (2)
b)Discuss what the student uprisings were about. / (2)
5.2.8 / Give TWO aspects of Thando’s character that we learn from this extract. / (2)
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TOTAL SECTION B: / [35]

SECTION C: SHORTSTORIES

Inthissection,questions havebeensetonthefollowingstories:

THE COFFEE CART GIRLbyEs’kia Mphahlele

THE DUBE TRAINbyCan Themba

You have to answer questions set on BOTH shortstories.

QUESTION 6.1(CONTEXTUAL QUESTION)

THE COFFEE CART GIRLby Es’kia Mphahlele

Readthefollowingextractfromtheshort storyandanswerthequestionssetonit.Thenumber of marks allocatedtoeachquestionservesasaguidetotheexpected lengthofyour answer.

‘Zodwa
His eyes travelled from her small tender fingers as she washed a few
things, to her man’s jersey which was a faded green and too big for her, her thin frock, and then to her peach-coloured face, not well fed, but well framed and compelling under a soiled black beret. As he ate hungrily she shot
a side-glance at him occasionally. There was something sly in those soft, moist, slit eyes, but the modest stoop at the shoulders gave him a benign appearance; otherwise he would have looked twisted and rather fiendish. There was something she felt in his presence: a repelling admiration. She felt he was the kind of man who could be quite attractive so long as he remained more than a touch away from a contemplator; just like those wax figures she once saw in the chamber of horrors.
‘Signed off at the Metropolitan?’
‘Hm.’ His head drooped and she could read dejection in the oily top of
his cap. ‘Just from insurance fund office.’ She pitied him inwardly, a sort
of pity she had never before experienced for a strange man.
‘What to do now?’
‘Like most of us,’ looking up straight into her eyes, ‘beat the road early
mornings just when the boss’s breakfast is setting nicely in the stomach. No work, no government papers, no papers, no work, then out of town.’
‘It’s hard for everybody, I guess.’
‘Ja.’
‘I know. When you feel hungry and don’t have money, come past here
and I’ll give you coffee and pancake.’ / 5
10
15
20
6.1.1. / Complete the following sentences by using the words provided in the list below.
Write only the words next to the question numbers 6.1.1. (a) – 6.1.1. (d).
Thulani Serero;celebration ;tea and bread; Rueben Lumeko;
Port Elizabeth; Johannesburg; strike;coffee and pancake;
The short story is set in (a) …China helps save Pinkie’s coffee-cart during a (b) …in the city. Pinkie sells (c)…at the coffee-cart. China’s real name is (d) … / (4)
6.1.2. / Refer to lines 3-4 (…‘to her man’s jersey … not well fed,’…)
Briefly discuss what the description of Zodwa’s clothing says about her. / (2)
6.1.3. / Refer to line 9 (…‘: a repelling admiration.’)
Give ONE reason why she would ‘admire’ China. / (2)
6.1.4. / Refer to line 13 (‘Signed off at the Metropolitan?’)
Briefly describe what this line means. / (2)
6.1.5. / Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence.
Write only the letter A-D of your choice.
China’s head drooped (line 14) because he is…
A)Angry
B)Depressed
C)Disappointed
D)Arrogant / (1)
6.1.6. / Refer to lines 23-24 (‘I know. … coffee and pancake.’)
Explain why the female character offers to give China coffee and pancake. / (2)
6.1.7. / Give TWO aspects of Pinkie’s character as displayed in the extract. / (2)
6.1.8. / Mention TWO aspects of China’s character as displayed in the extract. / (2)
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MEED June 2014

QUESTION 6.2(CONTEXTUAL QUESTION)

THE DUBE TRAINbyCan Themba

Readthefollowingextractfromtheshort storyandanswerthequestionssetonit.Thenumber of marks allocatedtoeachquestionservesasaguidetotheexpected lengthofyour answer.

‘Hela, you street urchin, that woman is your mother,’ came the shrill
voice of the big hulk of a man, who had all the time been sitting quietly opposite me, humming his lewd little township ditty. Now he moved towards where the tsotsi stood rooted.
There was menace in every swing of his clumsy movement, and the
half-mumbled tune of his song sounded like under-breath cursing for all its calmness. The carriage froze into silence.
Suddenly the woman shrieked and men scampered on to the seats. The
tsotsi had drawn a sheath-knife, and he faced the big man.
There is something odd that a knife does to various people in a crowd.
Most women go into pointless clamour, sometimes hugging even fast the men who might fight for them. Some men make gangway, stampeding helter-skelter; but with that hulk of a man, the sight of the gleaming blade in the tsotsi’s hand drove him berserk. The splashing people left a sort of arena. There was an evil leer in his eye, much as if he were experiencing satanic satisfaction.
Croesus Cemetery flashed past.
Seconds before the impact, the tsotsi lifted the blade and plunged it
obliquely. Like an instinctive, predatory beast, he seemed to know exactly where the venerable jugular was and he aimed for it. The jerk of the train deflected his stroke, though, and the blade slit a long cleavage down the big man’s open chest. / 5
10
15
20
6.2.1. / Refer to line 1 (‘Hela, you street urchin, … came the shrill’…)
a)Who is the speaker of these words? / (1)
b)Who is the man speaking to? / (1)
c)Briefly describe the events that lead up to the man saying these words. / (2)
d)Briefly explain what the other men were accused of by the older woman? / (2)
6.2.2. / The word tsotsi is used in the story as part of the township language. Briefly describe what a tsotsi is. / (1)
6.2.3. / Refer to line 7 (The carriage froze into silence.)
Do you think that the people were afraid? Give a reason for your answer. / (2)
6.2.4. / Using your OWN WORDS, explain why the big man reacted to the tsotsi in this way. / (2)
6.2.5. / Mention TWO characteristics of the big, hulky man as displayed in this extract. / (2)
6.2.6. / Quote a sentence to indicate that the people made way for the confrontation between the two men in the train compartment. / (1)
6.2.7. / Refer to line 17 (‘Croesus Cemetery flashed past.’)
Do you think there is a reason why the writer uses this line at this point of the short story? / (2)
6.2.8. / Following this extract, the big man throws the tsotsi from the train.
Do you have sympathy for the tsotsi? Explain your answer.
(ACCEPT ANY APPROPRIATE ANSWER) / (2)
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TOTAL SECTION C: / [35]
SECTION B [35] + SECTION C [35] = 70