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JAMB Literature in English 1985 Question 14

Question 14

Other Set Texts: African Prose
From Mission to Kala (Mongo Beti)
The passage, as printed

The events that happened later in Mission to Kala show that the speaker in the passage is

  1. A.mildly offended by the daughter's behaviour
  2. B.truly outraged by the daughter's behaviour
  3. C.merely pretending to be outraged by the daughter's behaviour
  4. D.deeply offended by the daughter's behaviour
  5. E.indifferent to the daughter's behaviour.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (merely pretending to be outraged by the daughter's behaviour)

Explanation

The mother's loud anger is for show; the family later happily accepts Medza as a match for the girl.