''I want to know you intimately...'' This statement was made to whom _____

Analyze the question

This is a literature-in-English question, not a grammar one. It asks who a line of dialogue was spoken to. The line, "I want to know you intimately...", sounds like a romantic or personal advance, so we must identify the character it was addressed to in the recommended text.

Concept

For JAMB literature questions on a prose text, you need to:

1. Know the main characters and their relationships.
2. Link memorable lines to the scene and the speaker/listener.
3. Notice that the names listed are all different characters, so the question tests recall of who was in that scene.

Working

• Salma and Ummi are given as options, but they are associated with other relationships and scenes in the story.
• Ngozi is a distractor.
• Tomiwa is the character the line is directed to, in a scene where the speaker shows personal interest in her.

My own recall is consistent with it but not certain.

Answer: C. Tomiwa

Tip: For literature questions, make a one-line note for each major character: who they are, who they relate to, and one key quote. Review these in the last week before the exam, since quote-to-character questions are very common in JAMB.