Choose the word that has the same rhyme
Thyme
- A. climb
- B. bind
- C. time
- D. lime
His many years of success in legal practice, ………….. , didn’t come out without challenges
- A. but
- B. in spite of all
- C. indeed
- D. However
Choose the one nearest in meaning to the word(s) in bracket
Justice is difficult to enforce because people are unwilling to accept any loss of [sovereignty]
- A. positing
- B. leadership
- C. autonomy
- D. kingdom
Choose the one nearest in meaning to the word(s) in bracket
Some men will continue to cause offences until they are given [a taste of their own medicine]
- A. placated
- B. revenged on
- C. cured
- D. recompensed for
Choose the one nearest in meaning to the word(s) in bracket
Okibe was rusticated for his [derogatory] remark about the principal
- A. complimentary
- B. unwarranted
- C. lack luster
- D. unsavoury
Who is the protagonist in the book sweet sixteen?
- A. Aliya
- B. Mr. Bello
- C. Bobo
- D. Tokunbo
One of Mr. Bello’s friend referred to in the book is
- A. Mr. Shittu
- B. The Principal
- C. Dr. Folarin
- D. Mrs. Rebeccah
At some point in the book, why doesn’t Aliya want to be the grown-up girl she always want to be anymore?
- A. she thinks her father is dead
- B. she doen't feel anything when she is 16
- C. she likes to remain a child
- D. she loves food
In Bolaji Abdullahi’s ‘Sweet Sixteen’, Kahlil Gibran is a
- A. poet
- B. songwriter
- C. dramatist
- D. musician
How does Aliya show stereotype?
- A. she dislikes Rebecca and Bunmi
- B. she says Christians think their religion is better than Islamic religion
- C. she hates her chemistry teacher
- D. she feels the other girls in her class are dumb
Bunmi usually taunt Aliya because
- A. she is fat
- B. she is a Muslim
- C. her parents don't give her enough freedom
- D. she is more brilliant
Aliya is going to be what prefect in her school?
- A. Head Girl
- B. Health Prefect
- C. Assembly Prefect
- D. School Prefect
One of the dominant narrative techniques employed in the book is
- A. allusion
- B. metaphor
- C. flashback
- D. foreshadowing
What does Aliya want to donate to the school clinic?
- A. books
- B. the Nebuliser
- C. writing materials
- D. sporting equipment
The setting of the book ‘Sweet Sixteen’ by Bolaji Abdullahi is
- A. Nigeria
- B. Mali
- C. Mauritania
- D. Ghana
Mr. Bello opinion about girls who bleach their skin is that they;
- A. need help
- B. are products of westernization
- C. are bad influence to the younger generation
- D. lack self-confidence
In which of these Nigerian tribes is it a norm for women to put on weight in order to attract suitors for marriage?
- A. Mauritania
- B. Efik
- C. Ibibio
- D. Urhobo
Gandhi’s quote “nobody can hurt me without my permission” means
See page 47
- A. we should permit people to hurt us
- B. we can control how other people behave towards us
- C. we should be able to control how others make us feel
- D. people should always seek permission before they hurt us
Making negative comments about somebody’s weight or size is known as
- A. body shaming
- B. body shameing
- C. body shading
- D. body shadeing
Aliya called Latifat by her teacher because
- A. he wants to body shame her
- B. he doesn't know her name
- C. it is her nickname
- D. Latifat is also a Muslim name
According to Mr. Bello, we can actually influence and change people in a significant way by
- A. tell them what to do
- B. reacting to them differently
- C. avoiding them completely
- D. imitating them