Name :

Teacher:

The theme of this examination paper is

Our Place in the World

Instructions
There are two sections in this examination paper.
Section A Reading to Understand
Section B Responding to Texts

Answer all questions

The questions do not carry equal marks. The number of marks for each question is stated at the
top of each question.

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section A

You should spend about 40 minutes on Section B
Section A
Read this poem by Roger Mc Gough and answer the questions which
follow.
First Day at School

A millionbillionwillion miles from home

Waiting for the bell to go. (To go where?)
Why are they all so big, other children?
So noisy? So much at home they
Must have been born in uniform
Lived all their lives in playgrounds
Spent the years inventing games
That don't let me in. Games
That are rough, that swallow you up.
And the railings.
All around, the railings.
Are they to keep out wolves and monsters?
Things that carry off and eat children?
Things you don't take sweets from?
Perhaps they're to stop us getting out
Running away from the lessons. Lessin.
What does a lessin look like?
Sounds small and slimy.
They keep them in the glassrooms.
Whole rooms made out of glass. Imagine.
I wish I could remember my name
Mummy said it would come in useful.
Like wellies. When there's puddles.
Yellowwellies. I wish she was here.
I think my name is sewn on somewhere
Perhaps the teacher will read it for me.
Tea-cher, The one who makes the tea,
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Question 1.
Identify where, in the poem, the poet uses exaggeration and explain why, in your opinion, he
uses it

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Identify where, in the poem, the poet uses personifications and explain why, in your opinion, he
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Identify one image in the poem and describe its effect

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Question 2.
Explain how the poet conveys (a) the confusion and (b) the insecurity of the child in the poem.

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Section B
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Question 3.

Identify a character from a novel you have read that faced the challenge of having to adapt to
the world around them.
(a)How did they not fit into the world in which they found themselves
(b)How did they adapt to the world around them?

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Character who faced a challenge: _________________

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Question 4.
Choose any two poems you have studied where the narrator, or subject in the poem did not fit
in or felt uncomfortable.

Title of Poem 1: Title of Poem 2:

Poets Name: Poets Name:

In your opinion, which of the poets or poems was more successful in conveying how the
narrator or subject in the poem did not fit in or felt uncomfortable.

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