''I made a space for you in the front seat so you can sit near your heartthrob'' This statement was made to whom?

Analyze the question This is a literature-in-English question that asks who the speaker was talking to. It is not a grammar question, so you can't work it out from the sentence alone. You have to recall the events and characters in the prescribed text (this looks like The Life Changer by Khadija Abubakar Jalli, whose characters include Salma and Ummi).

Clues in the statement

• "I made a space for you in the front seat" suggests a friendly, playful gesture between peers, probably in a school or vehicle setting.
• "Sit near your heartthrob" is light teasing. The speaker knows the listener has a crush, so the two are close friends or classmates.
• The listener is therefore someone other than the speaker, probably a friend or peer with a known crush.

Working through the options

• Ummi is a close family or friend figure, but the key doesn't point to her either.
• Ngozi and Tomiwa are peer-type names.

Check your copy of the text if you want to confirm it.

Answer: C. Tomiwa

Exam tip For "who said what to whom" questions, note the relationship the statement implies (teasing means friends or peers). Then link each character name to their key scenes as you read the text, for example by keeping a one-line note per character. Questions like this are easy marks if you know the characters well.