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O-LevelLiterature in EnglishProse2010/12 · May/June 2023 · Q2125 Marks

from STORIES OF OURSELVES Volume 2 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 21 Read this passage from A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (by Yiyun Li), and then answer the question that follows it: The next morning, Mr Shi confesses to Madam, ‘The daughter, she's not happy.' Content removed due to copyright restrictions.

  1. How does Li vividly portray Mr Shi's unhappiness at this moment in the story?[25]

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Prose, O-Level Literature in English (syllabus 2010). Structured question, 25 marks.
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O-Level Literature in English, May/June 2023 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 21.

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