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Post-UTME Chemistry 2016 Objective — Question 1

Question 1 of 20 from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) Chemistry 2016 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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[Passage: from Camara Laye's 'The African Child' - describes childhood breakfast customs, with the mother enforcing strict rules of conduct and cleanliness at meals (e.g. no talking, no gazing at older guests, only taking food from directly in front of oneself unless given more), even though the father was nominally the head of the household.] According to the narrator, the children rose in the morning

  • A. promptly
  • B. reluctantlyCorrect
  • C. at dawn
  • D. hungry

Explanation

The passage states the family rose 'after some persuasion', implying reluctance.

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