SET A

Section D
[20 marks]
[Time suggested: 35 minutes]

32 Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.

What Has Happened to Lulu?

What has happened to Lulu, mother?  I woke to voices late last night, 
What has happened to Lu?  I heard an engine roar. 
There's nothing in her bed but an old rag-doll  Why do you tell me the things I heard 
And by its side a shoe.  Were a dream and nothing more? 

Why is her window wide, mother,  I heard somebody cry, mother, 

The curtain flapping free,  In anger or in pain, 
And only a circle on the dusty shelf  But now I ask you why, mother, 
Where her money-box used to be?  You say it was a gust of rain. 

Why do you turn your head, mother,  Why do you wander about as though 
And why do tear drops fall?  You don't know what to do? 
And why do you crumple that note on the fire  What has happened to Lulu, mother? 
And say it is nothing at all?  What has happened to Lu?

Charles Causley

(a) In stanza 1, where is the setting of the poem?

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(b) Who is asking what has happened to Lulu?
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(c) In stanza 6, how does the mother feel?
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(d) Lulu has left the house. Give two reasons why do you think Lulu decided to do so.
i. ………………………………………………………………………………… [1 mark]
ii. ………………………………………………………………………………… [1 mark]

[ 5 marks ]

SET B
 Section D
[20 marks]
[Time suggested: 35 minutes]

32 Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.

A Poison Tree

I was angry with my friend:

I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

And I watered it in fears,

Night and morning with my tears;
And I sunned with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.

And it grew both day and night,

Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine.
And he knew that it was mine.

And into my garden stole

When the night had veiled the pole;
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.

William Blake

(a) In stanza 1, which word in the poem means ‘the feeling of anger’?
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(b) In stanza 2, what did the persona water his wrath with?
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(c) What does the phrase ‘veiled the pole’ mean?
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(d) What would you do if you have a misunderstanding with your enemy? Suggest two ways.
i. ………………………………………………………………………………… [1 mark]
ii. ………………………………………………………………………………… [1 mark]

[ 5 marks ]

ANSWERS (SET A)
a) In Lulu’s room
b) Lulu’s younger brother/ sister/ the persona
c) Confused / Worried / Sad
d) She had an argument with her mother /
She had a fight with her mother /
She wanted to have more freedom /
She was being influenced by her friends.
(Accept any possible answers)
ANSWERS (SET B)
a) Wrath
b) With his fears
c) It means the night was very dark
d) I would advise my friend to speak honestly to his foe so they could clear the
misunderstanding between them /
I would advise my friend to forgive his foe because being angry would only hurt him and his
foe
(Accept any logical answers)