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Friday, August 1, 2008

Hi Skul Mock Xam, Ref: Kenya!

I came across this on the internet, and I want to share with the Academic/education policy makers and parents as well as students, especially from Kenya. This is due to the sporadic unrests in Kenyan schools blamed on Mock Exams...·


HIGH SCHOOL MOCK - WHAT STUDENTS WANT

** * NAME: _______________________
FORM/CLASS: _______________________
TIME: ...........3 Weeks.

* SECTION A*·
  1. Is the African continent a continent or a country? If it's a continent (which it is), what is the name of this continent?·
  2. Who is the president of Kenya? a) Mwai b) Emilio Kibaki c) I don't know·
  3. Read below and answer the question: Kamau has three and a half buckets of milk. He gives his good friend Abong'o three quarters of it. A third of the remaining half of a quarter he sells at the local market (at a loss no less). He consumes three pints of what is left. The rest he divides equally among his seven children and the cat which gets a third less than what any two of his sons got combined. Question: What animals produce milk?·
  4. 'A fish can't ride a bicycle' Explain.·
  5. If birds fly, Animals run and fish swim, what do birds do?·
  6. Form a word with the following letters D,O,G (e.g. dog, God):_____________.·
  7. Kipkorir collects 3,000 as T.K.K. everyday whereas Njoroge collects 17,000 a day. Which of the two is a true Kenyan cop?·
  8. If God is everywhere, does it mean He is in hell too?·
  9. How do you spell the word hermaphrodite? :_________________.·
  10. If a cow has four legs, how many legs does a baby cow have?·

Omondi sells fish at the local market for a certain fixed amount. Aluoch also sells fish at the same market for a price not exceeding that of Omondi. Onyango also at the same market sells his fish at a price at par of Omondi and Achieng's. Which of the three sells fish the most expensive?·

*SECTION B.*·

Write an essay on the depression of the social economic lifestyle of this country due to bad governance and dictatorship: or else count the fingers on your hands.

* PRACTICAL*·

13. Take your gun from your holster. Take the bullet specimen placed on your desk. Load it into your gun. Place your finger on the trigger. Turn the gun and stare deep into its muzzle with your left eye. Pull the trigger! What happens? ....Hello? ... Anybody there? .... Hello!?!.....

*NOTE:* To pass this test you must at least write your name on the paper.

MakutanoBlog Crews Wish to grant all the Candidates Success!

3 comments:

Khadija said...

mwahahaahaaa! brilliant!

but is it really THAT bad over there?

Safiyyah said...

over generalisation!

Khadija said...

Safs i think it's intentional hyperbole, making the point of Kenyan school kids gripes with the education system...