When the director of Beesway references the Yoruba proverb about vegetables plucked from a dumpsite, what was he trying to communicate to Bepo?

Step 1: Analyze the question The question asks what the director of Beesway meant when he used a Yoruba proverb about vegetables plucked from a dumpsite while speaking to Bepo. This is an inference question, so we look at the message behind the proverb, not its literal words.

Step 2: Understand the concept Proverbs are figurative. The literal image is of vegetables that grow on a refuse dump, a lowly and unlikely place. Yet those vegetables are still healthy, useful and valuable. In Yoruba (and wider African) usage, this kind of proverb says that humble or unpromising beginnings do not decide a person's worth or future.

Step 3: Test each option

• A. Vegetables are expensive: This is only the literal meaning, and nothing in the proverb is about price.
• B. People who feel guilty defend what wasn't questioned: This is a different proverb idea about guilt and defensiveness. It doesn't fit the dumpsite image.
• C. People on the bottom can be destined to do greater things: This fits. A plant from a dump still becomes something valuable, so someone from a low position can rise to greatness. It also makes sense as encouragement from a director to Bepo.
• D. Looks can be deceiving: This is close, but the proverb is about origin versus potential, not about appearance hiding the truth.

Step 4: Answer The director was telling Bepo that a lowly starting point does not limit what he can become. I'm working from the proverb's meaning and the key, so check it against the passage in your text.

Exam tip: For proverb questions, ask two things: (1) What is the literal image? (2) What life lesson does it stand for? Then choose the option that matches the lesson, not the literal picture. Options like A are usually traps.