Choose the one opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined.
Chief Money-Miss-Road is a sitting duck
- A. vulnerable
- B. invincible
- C. lazy
- D. quick-witted
Choose the one opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined.
Procrastination is the enemy of progress
- A. acceleration
- B. laziness
- C. hardwork
- D. tiredness
Choose the one opposite in meaning to the word underlined.
After the wedding, the wife became anorexic
- A. obese
- B. melancholic
- C. excited
- D. skinny
Choose the one opposite in meaning to the word underlined.
The police officer looks pudgy
- A. tall and lean
- B. short and slim
- C. short and fat
- D. tall and fat
If he had spoken up, he wouldn’t have been given. This means that
- A. he spoke up and was given
- B. he wasn't given because he spoke up
- C. he didn't speak up and wasn't given
- D. he was given because he didn't speak up
Had it not rained, it wouldn’t have been so bad
- A. It was so bad because it didn't rain
- B. it rained and so it wasn't bad
- C. it wasn't bad because it rained
- D. it rained and that made it so bad
Bridget denied that she wasn’t there. This means that
- A. She confessed that she wasn't there
- B. She owned up not to be there
- C. She maintained she was there
- D. She maintained she wasn't there
Bolu shall be the M.C. This means that
- A. Bolu may be the M.C
- B. no one else will be the M.C
- C. later in life, Bolu will become an M.C
- D. Bolu may not be the M.C
Jide couldn’t have said that. This means that Jide
- A. ought not say that
- B. will not say that
- C. it's not likely jide said it
- D. Jide didn't say it
He started his career as an …….. teacher
- A. auxilary
- B. auxilliary
- C. auxiliary
- D. auxillary
The driver was short of petrol, so he …….. down the road with the engine switched off
- A. glided
- B. coasted
- C. wheeled
- D. taxied
Vacancies in the company will be notified by …..
- A. Bulletin
- B. Publication
- C. Publicity
- D. advertisement
He was both a writer and a politician, but he was better …….. a singer
- A. As if
- B. Like
- C. As
- D. to be
Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi’s “Sweet Sixteen”
Mr Bello’s best advice to Aliya on dating is that
- A. gifting doesn't mean true affection
- B. dating can be so distracting
- C. she should wait for the right time
- D. she should never be committed to anyone
Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi’s “Sweet Sixteen”
Aliya’s choice of wanting to study medicine …
- A. simply reflects her childishness
- B. indicates her affection for humanity
- C. is born out of the prospects of the course
- D. is primarily because of her father
Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi’s “Sweet Sixteen”
… is quick to anger and doesn’t hide it when she is
- A. Aliyu
- B. Mrs Bello
- C. Mr Bello
- D. Bobo
Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi’s “Sweet Sixteen”
The writer tried to point out religious intolerance in his book, by
- A. discussing how the society believes certain religion is better than others
- B. using one of Aliya's classmates to condemn her religion
- C. demonstrating how the religious institutions forcefully impose their beliefs on the people
- D. painting Islam as a more righteous religion than others
Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi’s “Sweet Sixteen”
Bobo proved Mr Bello’s advice on infatuation as right when he
- A. presented a gift to Aliya
- B. flirts with other girls
- C. eventually left for Ireland without saying a word to Aliya
- D. proclaimed his love for Aliya
Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi’s “Sweet Sixteen”
“The Gandhi Test” indicates how
- A. stubborn people act without thinking of public perception
- B. one should act when it comes to choosing a career
- C. a child should make wise decisions mindless of popular thinking
- D. a person can make morally right decisions
Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi’s “Sweet Sixteen”
The fact that Aliya wanted to be a pilot, then a musician, a songwriter, doctor and later a lawyer points to the
- A. need for parents to choose a befitting career for their children
- B. reason that only passion can define one's career
- C. indecision that comes with choosing a career at a tender age
- D. need for schools to make their syllabus career based
Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi’s “Sweet Sixteen”
It may be argued that Chapter Two is titled, “The Drive” particularly because…?
- A. of the social disparity between the rich and the poor which is unlikely to end
- B. Aliya's father drove her home from the boarding house
- C. it indicates the realities and experiences shared during Mr Bello's drive with Aliya
- D. it was the best atmosphere for Mr Bello to scold Aliya for her wrongdoings