Question 1 - Happy Bapetsi thought her father was dead because somebody had seen a dead body on a stretcher that looked like her father. Question 2 i. Happy was good at book-keeping because she could look at figures and understand them quickly. This is because she was good at arithmetic ii. Question 3 - Happy likes her job at the bank because she is able to earn good money even though she finishes early. Her job lets her do other activities like going for shopping after work. Her job also lets her buy a big house. Question 4 - When her Daddy arrived at her house, she felt shocked and excited. Question 5 1. Happy bough him clothes. 2. She made a bed for him. 3. Happy also bought him alcohol. Question 6 1. Barack told his classmates that his father is a prince. 2. He also told his classmates that his father has to settle tribal disputes. Question 7 - When Barack heard his father was going to talk to the class, he was horrified and shocked. He was afraid that his lies will be discovered, and he got worried about how his classmates were going to react. He was afraid to be teased. Question 8 1. Barack’s father told his classmates about Kenya’s struggle for independence. 2. He told Barack’s classmates that British ruled Kenya 3. He said many had been enslaved only because of skin colour. Question 9 i. ii. Impressed by the talk= “You’ve got a pretty impressive father” Interested in the talk= They showed they were interested by asking questions. Question 10 The text I found most helpful in explain what it is like to meet someone for the first time is Text one. - I chose text one because text one is more of facts and texts two is fictional. Text one shows human nature. It shows that people may not be who they seem to be at first sight. Text one uses informal diction. Since the writer uses informal diction, it makes the text casual and it makes it feels more natural. Unlike text one, text two is written in first person point of view. This allows the reader to get the storyline from a character in the text. One reason I didn’t chose text two is that it is fictional, meaning it doesn’t show exactly what it is like to meet someone for the first time. The reactions of the children meeting Barack’s father for the first time is too positive even most of the things Barack told them was a lie. This text doesn’t build positive morals.
