Answer Scheme for Final Exam Paper PEN0035

Answer Scheme (Final Exam)
Section A: Literature
Part 1: Literary Appreciation
1)
a) Mr Hauchecome picked up a piece of string
b) Accused by the mayor of picking up a pocketbook.
c) No one believed him even though no pocketbook was found with him.
d) No one believed him even after the pocketbook was found
e) Hauchecome realized that the people accused him of having an accomplice

2)
a) She believed that there wasn’t enough time for her husband to take any paper he wanted
b) She wanted her daughters to take part in the second lottery but wasn’t allowed
c) She wanted the lottery to start over but was refused.
d) She was practically not listened by everyone, including her family members, in carrying the lottery
e) The conflicts was resolved when Mrs Hutchinson got the paper with the mark and she was stoned to death.

3)
a) The main character and the protagonist of the story
b) A flat character because she does not have any change in her character throughout the story. Until she died, she tried to hold on to what she could.
c) A stubborn woman (she did not want to pay any taxes)
d) A poor, passive and possessive woman (born into a much controlled father, had a sweetheart who later ran away and later poisoned her Homer Barron as a means for her to ‘hold on’ to what she had left)

4)
a) Chrysanthemums symbolizes Elisa Allen and her fragility as a woman. She believed and wanted to be strong but later realized that she was not so,
b) Also symbolizes her hopes. She hoped to spread her wings and contribute more to the world. This can be seen when she gladly gives shoots of chrysanthemums to the tinker in the hope that he gives him to the lady. But she realized that her hopes did not come true as the tinker throw the flowers away.

Part 2 Reading Comprehensions:
A)
1) Because her sweetheart went away, thus, she might feel ashamed of it.
2) Because they didn’t think that the man could actually keep the place clean, which they assumed to be a gross, teeming world and the high and mighty Griersons.
3) It was not right to accuse a lady of smelling bad and that they have no proof of what actually going on in the house.
4) She did not accept the death of her father and that she, in a way, could not hold on to the person who had been controlling her thus far.

B)
1) Deserted
2) Sniffing
3) Condolence


SECTION B: SYNTHESIS ESSAY (30 marks)

Thesis Statement: The risk factors that can trigger suicidal tendencies among teenagers
are depression, availability of a gun, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy.

1. Depression:
· often not recognized
· if lasts more than a week with no relief, it should be taken seriously
· some signs of depression: changes in appetite, activity level, sleep pattern, etc.
· some reasons of depression: sadness, loneliness, grief and disappointment


2. Availability of a gun:
· increases the risk (5 times more likely to have a suicide at home)
· after one failed attempt, parents often fail to remove guns from the home
· risky for teen with risk factors
· many teen lives could be saved if there was no easy access to firearms

3. Substance abuse
· drugs and alcohol have depressive effects on the brain
· they also alter a person’s judgement
· when drunk, a person with no intention to commit suicide could take their own lives

4. Teenage pregnancy
· scary and confusing problem
· may lead to suicidal act when they become confused
· pressure from parents and the society