Task 1 - THEME Read an excerpt from the story of a Nigerian girl and answer the questions that follow I am from Bida, in Minna, Niger state. I am 19 years old. My father had two wive didn't produce sons for him so he married my mum as his third wife. After mye myself and my younger sister, my mom gave birth to a boy From where I come from it is viewed as a sign of weakness if a man has no sons. The is why my dad had to have a son at all costs. In the village we stay in huts which are in compounds. Each man would have a compound and he and each of his wives would stayin separate huts within the compound. I started school early, I don't really remember when. What I do remembers that when I was about 4 years old my father came to the school I was attending with a cane and beat me terribly. I remember that I had not done anything wrong and even my mother didn't know why he did that My dad felt it was "useless" to educate female children. I continued school repeated the beatings many times. When he did it the last time he insisted that my name removed from the registers, exercise books and so on. School authorities couldn't domu he is my father. Though my teacher at that time tried to convince him but he didn't agree A. Answer these questions. Write the letter of your answer on your answer sheet.


1. What is the story all about?
A. It is all about a lady who married someone against her will
B. A girl who was always beaten up by her dad.
C. A lady who was not given an opportunity to get married
D. A girl who was not given a chance in many things simply because she is a girl.

2.What did his father think about girls going to school?
A Female children need not to go to school.
B.Female children deserve to be beaten for going to school
C. School is for a well off family.
D. School is useless. ​