Question 8
WAEC_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1
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2021
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LITERATURE_IN_ENGLISH
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objective
When I entered the old house, the smell reminded me of the summer of 1995, when my father first taught me to fish. The creaking floorboards seemed to echo that distant laughter. Identify the chronological order of the events described and explain the purpose of the flashback in the narrative.
Answer Options
A.
The scene begins with the flashback to 1995, then returns to the present house entry; the purpose is to contrast past and present settings rather than to develop character.
B.
The narrator's present action is the memory of 1995, and the entry into the house is a later recollection. The flashback serves only to fill space without affecting the narrator's emotions.
Correct Answer
C.
The present action is the narrator entering the house; the memory of 1995 is a flashback that follows. The flashback reveals the narrator's formative experience with his father, adding emotional depth and showing how the past shapes his current feelings.
D.
The present action of entering the house is unrelated to the memory; the flashback is used merely to introduce the father's fishing hobby, not to deepen emotional context.
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
The present action is the narrator entering the house; the memory of 1995 is a flashback that follows. The flashback reveals the narrator's formative experience with his father, adding emotional depth and showing how the past shapes his current feelings.
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This is
Waec Model Questions Vol1
2021
Literature In English
Question 8.
It is one of the
objective
questions from the
2021
Waec Model Questions Vol1
Literature In English
examination.
Difficulty level:
Medium
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