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 Q1. Read the following excerpt carefully and answer the questions that follow.

THE RIVER AND THE SOURCE.

 “The day finally arrived arid it was a day as full of beauty the day in which Owuor Kembo of Sakwa, in full battle regalia and a leopard skin loin piece had come to pay suit to the great chief Odero Gogni of Yirnbo for the hand of his daughter Akoko Obanda. Yet some things were different. A stone’s throw away was   the church with its tall steeple bearing a cross at the top - a symbol of the new and different way of life, yet in some ways reminiscent ‘.- of the reverence once paid to Were - the god of the eye of the rising sun who had guided the people. Further along was the school- the place of learning without which one was as a blind man in a strange house. All round was evidence of the rule of the white people who were good administrators but often unjust and unheeding to the pleas and aspirations of their black subjects. Indeed m the Central Province and in Nairobi especially among the Kikuyu, there were rumours of mass uprising against colonial powers.

Oloo the son of Sigu. otherwise known as Mark Anthony, arrived with his entourage of six inc1uding his uncle, at mid-morning. Aware of the importance and the impact of presence and carriage he arrived in his military fatigues, a colobus monkey headdress and a spear in his hand. He was after all a soldier it was an intriguing combination of the old and the new. Anyone else might have looked odd hut Oloo

looked dashing. His complexion was deceptively light and it drew questioning glances from his hosts and hostesses. Had their daughter decided to marry a ja-mwa –a foreigner? Apart from Akoko who

must have left her mother’s womb with broad outlook, all of them were strictly parochial and marriage to even a Luhya from across border was considered a catastrophe. It was therefore a relief when the suitors broke into pure Luo with the dialect of the middle region of Ramogi. Their daughter was a prize, a beacon, a source of pride for the entire clan. They simply could not bear giving her away to a stranger.”

       Questions

a.     “Had their daughter decided to marry a ‘Jamwa’ – a foreigner. How are these fears allayed?(2mks)

b.     Why are their hosts overprotective of their daughter?     (3mks)

c.     Mark sign’s entrance causes a stir. Why?      (5mks)

d.    “The day finally arrived…” Which day is this?     (2mks)

e.     Soon after this extract, some traditional expectations are contravened. Briefly explain. (4mks)

f.     With your knowledge of the text, how is this event significant to the plot?   (4mks)

g.     Identify any two stylistic devices used in this extract.              (4mks)

h.    His complexion was deceptively light and it drew questioning glances from his hosts and hostesses. Rewrite beginning: (So……..)                                                                                                                                (1mk)

THE RIVER AND THE SOURCE

a. the visitors break into pure Luo/with the dialect of the midde region of Ramogi ( 2mks)

b.    She s a prize

       She is a beacon

       A source of pride for the entire clan. (3mks)

c. - He is aware of the importance  of the impact  of presence and carriage.

-          He is adorned in military fatigues

-          He wears a colobus monkey  headdress.

-          He has  a spear in his hand.

-          His attire is a mix of the old and the new.

-          He  looks dashing.

d. – The day  refers to marks and Elizabeth’s marriage negotiations.

-          Mark and his party have just arrived at Aluor from Seme.

e.     - No spies are sent to either side

-          The brides and the groom’s background are not known to either side.

-          Only a token bride price is requested for.

-          Mark sign had prepared twenty four head of cattle in readiness for dowry payment.

f.     - Of all Akoko’s descendants only Peter and Elizabeth are surviving.

-          Peter has  joined  the priesthood and cannot continues the lineage.

-          Elizabeth’s marriage to mark practically give momentum to Akoko’s “ tiver”

-          The marriage give rise to a large family.

g.     - Allusion: reference to the struggle between colonialists and the kikuyu.

-          Rhetonic questions ; Had their daughter decided to marry a Jamwa a foreigner ?

-          Metaphor: “ their daughter was a prize, a beacon…?

h. So deceptively light was his completion that it drew questioning glances from his hosts and hostesses