This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days Yaremi's main job is

Analyzing the question: This is a literature recall question on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days. It asks about Yaremi's main occupation.

Background: Lonely Days (1978) is narrated by Yaremi, a widow in a Yoruba community. After her husband Ajayi dies, she faces loneliness, exploitation by his relatives, and the pressure of tradition. She is a hardworking woman who runs her own business to support herself and her children.

Working through the options:

• A. Selling cassava: Cassava appears in the farming setting of the novel, but it is not her defining trade.
• B. Harvesting cassava: Farm work is a general rural activity in the story, not her main job.
• C. Dyeing taffeta cloths: Yaremi is a dyer, so her work involves dyeing cloth. This is her livelihood and links to the local dyeing craft (adire/indigo-style work) in the community.
• D. Sewing taffeta cloths: This is tailoring, which is not her trade in the novel.

The central detail is that Yaremi earns her living through dyeing cloth, and option C is the one that says this.

I should be honest that this is a detail-recall question from the novel, and I am relying on my memory of the text. The key's answer matches my recollection that she is a dyer.

Exam tip: For JAMB literature questions, link each main character to one defining trait, such as Yaremi to cloth dyeing, widowhood, and loneliness. Questions often test these simple facts. Eliminate options that describe general farm tasks when the character has a specific trade.