General Certificate of Secondary Education Foundation Tier June 2012 English Literature Unit 1 Exploring modern texts Tuesday 22 May 2012 9.00 am to 10.30 am 47101F F For this paper you must have: an AQA 16-page answer book unannotated copies of the texts you have been studying. Time allowed 1 hour 30 minutes Instructions Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is 47101F. Answer two questions. Answer one question from Section A and one question from Section B. You must have a copy of the AQA Prose Anthology Sunlight on the Grass and/or the text/s you have studied in the examination room. The texts must not be annotated and must not contain additional notes or materials. Write your answers in the answer book provided. Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. You must not use a dictionary. Information The marks for questions are shown in brackets. The maximum mark for this paper is 60. You should: use good English organise information clearly use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. Advice You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on Section A and about 45 minutes on Section B. You are reminded that there are 30 marks for each section. 47101F
2 Section A Questions Pages Modern prose or drama AQA Anthology Sunlight on the Grass 1 2 3 Set Texts: William Golding Lord of the Flies 3 4 4 Kevin Brooks Martyn Pig 5 6 5 Susan Hill The Woman in Black 7 8 6 Joe Simpson Touching the Void 9 10 7 Dylan Thomas Under Milk Wood 11 12 8 Arthur Miller The Crucible 13 14 9 Diane Samuels Kindertransport 15 16 10 J.B. Priestley An Inspector Calls 17 18 11 Dennis Kelly DNA 19 20 12 Section B Exploring cultures Questions Pages John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men 21 13 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Purple Hibiscus 22 14 Lloyd Jones Mister Pip 23 15 Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird 24 16 Doris Pilkington Rabbit-Proof Fence 25 17
3 Section A: Modern prose or drama Answer one question from this section on the text you have studied. You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section. Anthology : Sunlight on the Grass EITHER Question 1 0 1 Answer part (a) and part (b) Question 2 Part (a) Write about family life in Compass and Torch. You should write about: what the people in the family say and do the methods the writer uses to show family life. and then Part (b) How does the writer present family life in one other story from Sunlight on the Grass? (30 marks) 0 2 Answer part (a) and part (b) Part (a) How does the writer present Eveline in When the Wasps Drowned? what Eveline says and does the methods the writer uses to present Eveline. and then Part (b) Write about how one other character is presented in one other story from Sunlight on the Grass. (30 marks) Turn over
4 William Golding : Lord of the Flies Question 3 0 3 How does the writer present Jack in Lord of the Flies? Question 4 what Jack says and does how other characters treat Jack the methods Golding uses to show what Jack is like. (30 marks) 0 4 Read the passage below from Lord of the Flies and then answer the question that follows. They found a piglet caught in a curtain of creepers, throwing itself at the elastic traces in all the madness of extreme terror. Its voice was thin, needle-sharp and insistent. The three boys rushed forward and Jack drew his knife again with a fl ourish. He raised his arm in the air. There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to fl ash at the end of a bony arm. The pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be. Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth. They were left looking at each other and the place of terror. Jack s face was white under the freckles. He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down replacing the blade in the sheath. Then they all three laughed ashamedly and began to climb back to the track. I was choosing a place, said Jack. I was just waiting for a moment to decide where to stab him. You should stick a pig, said Ralph fi ercely. They always talk about sticking a pig. You cut a pig s throat to let the blood out, said Jack, otherwise you can t eat the meat. Why didn t you? They knew very well why he hadn t: because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living fl esh; because of the unbearable blood. I was going to, said Jack. He was ahead of them and they could not see his face. I was choosing a place. Next time! He snatched his knife out of the sheath and slammed it into a tree trunk. Next time there would be no mercy. He looked round fi ercely, daring them to contradict. How does Golding create tension in this passage from the end of Chapter one? How does the passage suggest what is to come in the rest of the novel? what the boys say and do in this passage how Golding presents this behaviour to create tension how this passage suggests what happens in the rest of the novel. (30 marks)
5 Kevin Brooks : Martyn Pig Question 5 0 5 How do you respond to Dean in the novel Martyn Pig? Question 6 what you think about Dean from what he says and does the methods Brooks uses to present Dean. (30 marks) 0 6 How does Brooks present loneliness in the novel Martyn Pig? Choose two characters who are lonely and write about them. You should write about: why the two characters are lonely the methods Brooks uses to show their loneliness. (30 marks) Turn over for the next question Turn over
6 Susan Hill : The Woman in Black Question 7 0 7 How does Hill present Mr Jerome in the novel The Woman in Black? Question 8 what Mr Jerome says and does what happens to him the methods Hill uses to present Mr Jerome. (30 marks) 0 8 How do you respond to the ending of The Woman in Black? what happens at the end of the novel that makes you feel as you do the methods the writer uses to make you feel as you do. (30 marks)
7 Joe Simpson : Touching the Void Question 9 0 9 Joe and Simon s first accident happens in chapter 5 Disaster. How does Simpson make the events straight after this accident dramatic for the reader? Question 10 what happens straight after the accident the actions of both Joe and Simon at this time the methods Simpson uses to describe these events. (30 marks) 1 0 How does the writer present memories in Touching the Void? the memories that Joe and Simon have the methods Simpson uses to present these memories. (30 marks) Turn over for the next question Turn over
8 Dylan Thomas : Under Milk Wood Question 11 1 1 How does Thomas present Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard in Under Milk Wood? Question 12 what Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard says and does the methods Thomas uses to present her. (30 marks) 1 2 How does Thomas present relationships in Under Milk Wood? Choose two different relationships and write about them. You should write about: what the relationships are like the methods Thomas uses to show these relationships. (30 marks)
9 Arthur Miller : The Crucible Question 13 1 3 How do you respond to Mary Warren in The Crucible? Question 14 what Mary Warren says and does the methods the writer uses to present her. (30 marks) 1 4 Write about two characters in The Crucible who you think feel guilty for what they do. You should write about: what each character says and does why the characters feel guilty the methods the writer uses to show their feelings of guilt. (30 marks) Turn over for the next question Turn over
10 Diane Samuels : Kindertransport Question 15 1 5 How does Samuels present Faith in Kindertransport? Question 16 what Faith says and does what happens to her the methods Samuels uses to show what Faith is like. (30 marks) 1 6 How does Samuels present Helga and Lil as mothers to Eva in Kindertransport? what Helga and Lil say and do how their actions affect Eva s life the methods Samuels uses to present Helga and Lil as mothers. (30 marks)
11 J.B. Priestley : An Inspector Calls Question 17 1 7 How does Priestley present Arthur Birling in An Inspector Calls? Question 18 what Arthur Birling says and does the methods Priestley uses to present him. (30 marks) 1 8 In An Inspector Calls Eric and Sheila Birling are brother and sister. How are they alike and how are they different? what Eric and Sheila say and do similarities and differences between them the methods Priestley uses to present Eric and Sheila. (30 marks) Turn over for the next question Turn over
12 Dennis Kelly : DNA Question 19 1 9 The girls in the play are more evil than the boys. How do you respond to this statement about the play DNA? Question 20 what the girls and the boys in the play say and do that makes you respond as you do the methods Kelly uses to show what the girls and the boys are like. (30 marks) 2 0 Choose a scene or a short section from DNA which you think is important to the whole play. Explain why this part is important. why you think this part is important to the play the methods Kelly uses to create this scene or short section. (30 marks)
13 Section B: Exploring cultures Answer one question from this section on the text you have studied. You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section. John Steinbeck : Of Mice and Men EITHER Question 21 2 1 Read the following passage and then answer part (a) and part (b). A tall man stood in the doorway. He held a crushed Stetson hat under his arm while he combed his long, black, damp hair straight back. Like the others he wore blue jeans and a short denim jacket. When he had finished combing his hair he moved into the room, and he moved with a majesty only achieved by royalty and master craftsmen. He was a jerkline skinner, the prince of the ranch, capable of driving ten, sixteen, even twenty mules with a single line to the leaders. He was capable of killing a fly on the wheeler s butt with a bull whip without touching the mule. There was a gravity in his manner and a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke. His authority was so great that his word was taken on any subject, be it politics or love. This was Slim, the jerkline skinner. His hatchet face was ageless. He might have been thirty-fi ve or fi fty. His ear heard more than was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought. His hands, large and lean, were as delicate in their action as those of a temple dancer. He smoothed out his crushed hat, creased it in the middle and put it on. He looked kindly at the two in the bunk house. Part (a) In this passage, what methods does Steinbeck use to present Slim? Refer closely to the passage in your answer. and then Part (b) In the novel how does Steinbeck show what life was like for men in the society in which the novel is set? In Part (b) you should write about: what the men say and do details of what the male characters lives are like the methods Steinbeck uses to present what life was like for men. (30 marks) Turn over
14 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie : Purple Hibiscus Question 22 2 2 Read the following passage and then answer part (a) and part (b). We are at the prison compound. The bleak walls have unsightly patches of bluegreen mold. Jaja is back in his old cell, so crowded that some people have to stand so that others can lie down. Their toilet is one black plastic bag, and they struggle over who will take it out each afternoon, because that person gets to see sunlight for a brief time. Jaja told me once that the men do not always bother to use the bag, especially the angry men. He does not mind sleeping with mice and cockroaches, but he does mind having another man s feces in his face. He was in a better cell until last month, with books and a mattress all to himself, because our lawyers knew the right people to bribe. But the wardens moved him here after he spat in a guard s face for no reason at all, after they stripped him and flogged him with koboko. Although I do not believe Jaja would do something like that unprovoked, I have no other version of the story because Jaja will not talk to me about it. He did not even show me the welts on his back, the ones the doctor we bribed in told me were puffy and swollen like long sausages. But I see other parts of Jaja, the parts I do not need to be shown, like his shoulders. Those shoulders that bloomed in Nsukka, that grew wide and capable, have sagged in the thirty-one months that he has been here. Almost three years. If somebody gave birth when Jaja fi rst came here, the child would be talking now, would be in nursery school. Sometimes, I look at him and cry, and he shrugs and tells me that Oladipupo, the chief of his cell they have a system of hierarchy in the cells has been awaiting trial for eight years. Jaja s offi cial status, all this time, has been Awaiting Trial. Part (a) In this passage, how does Adichie show what the conditions in the prison are like? Refer closely to the passage in your answer. and then Part (b) How is Jaja presented in the novel? What does this tell you about the society in which he lives? In Part (b) you should write about: what Jaja says and does and what happens to him the methods the writer uses to present Jaja the society in which Jaja lives. (30 marks)
15 Lloyd Jones : Mister Pip Question 23 2 3 Read the following passage and then answer part (a) and part (b). The following day Mr Watts was just about to read from Great Expectations when my mum strode into the classroom. She wore the same head wrap she had worn the other times. Now I understood why. It gave her a frightening authority. Her heavy eyelids drew back and she gave Mr Watts a hostile look. Then, with a start, she caught sight of the book in his hands. I thought she might try and grab it off him and drive a stake through its covers. Instead she took a deep breath and announced to Mr Watts she had some informations (she always said informations ) to share with the class. Mr Watts politely closed Great Expectations. As usual he was guided by his innate sense of courtesy. He gestured for my mum to take the fl oor and she started in. Some white fellas do not believe in the devil or God, she said, because they think they don t have to. Believe it or not there are some white folk who on the strength of a glance out the window will not pack away a raincoat for their holiday. A white will make sure he has a lifejacket in the boat and enough petrol in the tank for a long trip out to sea, but he will not take the same precautions by stocking up on faith for the hurly burly of daily life. She bobbed from side to side. She was more cocky than I d ever seen her. Mr Watts, here, he thinks he is ready for all things. But if this was true then the man shot by the redskin must be wondering how come he didn t see the helicopter until it was too late. So. But for the rest of us peoples and that means my beautiful fl ower, Matilda, pack the teachings of the Good Book into your person. That way you kids can save Mr Watts because I am not going to be the one. Part (a) In this passage, what methods does Jones use to show the feelings Dolores has about Mr Watts? Refer closely to the passage in your answer. and then Part (b) In the novel, how does Dolores s life in Bougainville affect her attitude to Mr Watts? In Part (b) you should write about: what life on the island is like Dolores s attitude to Mr Watts how Dolores s attitudes are formed by her life on the island. (30 marks) Turn over
16 Harper Lee : To Kill a Mockingbird Question 24 2 4 Read the following passage and then answer part (a) and part (b). In ones and twos, men got out of the cars. Shadows became substance as light revealed solid shapes moving towards the jail door. Atticus remained where he was. The men hid him from view. He in there, Mr Finch? a man said. He is, we heard Atticus answer, and he s asleep. Don t wake him up. In obedience to my father, there followed what I later realized was a sickeningly comic aspect of an unfunny situation: the men talked in near-whispers. You know what we want, another man said. Get aside from the door, Mr Finch. You can turn around and go home again, Walter, Atticus said pleasantly. Heck Tate s around somewhere. The hell he is, said another man. Heck s bunch s so deep in the woods they won t get out till mornin. Indeed? Why so? Called em off on a snipe hunt, was the succinct answer. Didn t you think a that, Mr Finch? Thought about it, but didn t believe it. Well then, my father s voice was still the same, that changes things, doesn t it? It do, another deep voice said. Its owner was a shadow. Do you really think so? This was the second time I heard Atticus ask that question in two days, and it meant somebody s man would get jumped. This was too good to miss. I broke away from Jem and ran as fast as I could to Atticus. Jem shrieked and tried to catch me, but I had a lead on him and Dill. I pushed my way through dark smelly bodies and burst into the circle of light. H-ey, Atticus! I thought he would have a fi ne surprise, but his face killed my joy. A fl ash of plain fear was going out of his eyes, but returned when Dill and Jem wriggled into the light. There was a smell of stale whisky and pig-pen about, and when I glanced around I discovered that these men were strangers. Part (a) In this passage, what methods does Lee use to present the lynch mob? Refer closely to the passage in your answer. and then Part (b) What does the behaviour of the lynch mob tell you about the society in which the novel is set? In Part (b) you should write about: what the lynch mob says and does how the lynch mob s behaviour shows what this society is like. (30 marks)
17 Doris Pilkington : Rabbit-Proof Fence Question 25 2 5 Read the following passage and then answer part (a) and part (b). The next morning after breakfast, Gwen Campbell coaxed them out on deck. Come and see all the big fish, she said, as she beckoned them to her. We may be able to throw a line over this afternoon and catch some for supper. They stood near the railing and watched as the mulloway, schnapper, kingfi sh and many other types of fish darted this way and that in the ocean below them. As the days wore on Gwen Campbell tried gently to gain their trust but they remained shy and frightened. George Johnson, a crew member, told them of the exciting and fascinating places he had visited. He spoke of the pyramids of Egypt and how these unusual burial places were built by slaves. Slave people? they wanted to ask him. Are they like us or the same as you? But they were too timid. George told them about the many races of people in the world. The girls liked to listen to his tales about the countries that he had visited and also about the places that he would like to see. Sometimes he and Gwen encouraged the three youngsters to go for a stroll on deck in the evening, while it was pleasant and warm. They were good sailors, George told them. During their evening walks he taught them the English names for the stars. On calm nights he would tell them to look to the night skies. Look over there. That s the Southern Cross, he would say. If you are ever lost in the bush, let it be your guide. If it s a clear night, look for it. Remember, the Southern Cross is found in the south-west of the dark sky. And there s the Big Dipper, see up there, he said, pointing to the thousands of twinkling stars. The girls saw it but said nothing. They just nodded silently. Now, it s off to bed you go. In a couple of day s time we ll berth at Fremantle, Gwen told them, as she escorted them back to their cabins. Good night, she said and she closed the door. I ll see you tomorrow. Part (a) In this passage, what methods does Pilkington use to show that Gwen and George took good care of the girls? Refer closely to the passage in your answer. and then Part (b) How are the girls treated in Rabbit-Proof Fence and what does this show you about the society in which they lived? In Part (b) you should write about: how other people treat the girls what society was like at this time. (30 marks) END OF QUESTIONS
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20 There are no questions printed on this page ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT-HOLDERS AND PUBLISHERS Permission to reproduce all copyright material has been applied for. In some cases, efforts to contact copyright-holders have been unsuccessful and AQA will be happy to rectify any omissions of acknowledgements in future if notifi ed. Question 04 Source: William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Faber & Faber Ltd (1958) Question 21 Source: John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, Pearson Education Ltd (2003) Question 22 Source: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus, Reprinted by permission of Harper Collins Publishers Ltd 2003 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Question 23 Source: Lloyd Jones, Mister Pip, Hodder & Stoughton, Hodder Faith, Headline Publishing Group & John Murray (2008) Question 24 Source: From To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, published by Arrow Books. Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Ltd. Question 25 Source: Doris Pilkington, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Abridged from the book Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington. Copyright 2002 by Doris Pilkington. Reprinted by permission of Miramax Books. All rights reserved. Copyright 2012 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.