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"They said their prayers in a monotonous sing-song,
kneeling on their bamboo bed like camels
waiting to be loaded."

Based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal, the dominant figure of speech in the excerpt above

  • A. rhetorical question
  • B. simile
  • C. metaphor
  • D. mixed metaphor
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These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal.
The heavy downpour on the night of Meka's investiture symbolises.

  • A. revelation
  • B. conviction
  • C. blessing
  • D. mockery
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These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal.

Vandermayer's attitude and action towards Meka illustrates the church's

  • A. despondency
  • B. infuriation
  • C. hypocrisy
  • D. suspicion
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These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal.

'As he opened and shut his mouth his lower jaw went down and came up,puffing up and
then deflating the skin under his chin'.
The subject of description in the line above is

  • A. the high commissioner
  • B. the white chief
  • C. M.Fuuconi
  • D. M. Pipiniakis
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This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal


The disagreement betweeen Mvondo and Nti centres on the latter's claim to have

  • A. assisted Meka in getting the medal
  • B. been in a whiteman's office
  • C. eaten more than his share of the food
  • D. eaten the entire entrails of the sheep
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