THE GIRL WHO CAN BY Ama Ata Aidoo
Study the whole story and then answer ALL the questions based on the story.
1.Refer to page 142 of the story.
1.1 This story was told in …….(choose the correct answer and write down ONLY its alphabet.
A. third person pronoun.
B. first person pronoun.
C. second person pronoun. (1)
1.2 Describe the setting of the story. (2)
1.3 From the story you studied, who is …..
(a) Maami?
(b) Kaya?
(c) Nana? (3)
1.4 Who is the narrator of the story ? (1)
1.5 Study paragraph 1 on this page. What do you think the last three lines of the story mean? (2)
1.6 Is the first line of paragraph 2 literal or figurative? Explain. (2)
1.7 Refer to paragraph 5 . “Then bending and turning her head slightly ….. towards me,…..’’.
Why did Nana do this? (2)
1.8 Why would words spoken to Nana have to be repeated sometimes? (2)
2. Refer to pages 143 – 144.
2.1 Briefly explain why is Nana worried about Adjoa’s legs? (2)
2.2 Identify, then quote and name the figure of speech in paragraph 3 of page 143. (2)
2.3 From the context of the story, explain in your own words what Adjoa mean when she
says “What I am sure ………..the first topic I met was my legs.” (2)
2.4 The following statement is FALSE. Adjoa did not like Nana. Quote a sentence from this
Page to make the statement TRUE. (1)
2.5 In this story, who is Nana’s child? (1)
2.6 Quote TWO consecutive words Nana uses to describe Adjoa’s legs. (1)
2.7 According to Nana, why should a woman have strong thick legs? (2)
2.8 Quote FOUR consecutive words that show that Maami’s husband was not approved
by Nana to be married to Maami. (2)
2.9 According to Nana, what kind of legs is a real woman expected to have? (1)
2.10 According to Adjoa, why was it difficult to see the legs of a married woman who had
children? (1)
2.11 Where did these women with children bath? (1)
3. Refer to page 145 – 146
3.1 Although Nana did not approve that a woman should not get educated/go to school, what
is it that she approves and loves about Adjoa? (1)
3.2 Which TWO things did Nana do for Adjoa to show that she really appreciates her
achievements?
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