The question is based on J.P Clark's WIVES REVOLT. "Those who have full breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me, and the old girls returned_______

Analyze the question: This is a context-completion question from J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt. The sentence is a line of dialogue followed by a stage direction. You have to choose the setting or movement that matches what happens in the scene.

Concept: In the play, the women of Erhuvwu's group stage a revolt against the men of the village. Younger wives, "those who have full breasts", have walked out in protest. The speaker is saying that only a few people are left to continue: "you, me, and the old girls." These older women are not part of the main confrontation in the open yard. They have been busy elsewhere, around the kitchen area, which is a typical place for older women in the play's domestic setting.

Solution:

• A (front of the veranda of Okoro's house): the veranda and front yard are where the main confrontation happens, not where the old women are returning from.
• B (the kitchen, upstairs): the play's setting does not have an upstairs kitchen, so this is unlikely.
• C (Okoro's front yard, down stage): this is the main playing area, not where the old women would return from.
• D (the direction of the kitchen, off stage): this fits. The old women come back from the kitchen area, which is out of the audience's view, so the stage direction reads "returned from the direction of the kitchen, off stage."

I am working from memory of the play rather than the text, so check this against your copy if you can.

Answer: D

Tip: For JAMB stage-direction questions, remember that the old or domestic characters usually enter or exit "off stage" towards the kitchen, while the main action happens in the yard or on the veranda. Also read the words just before the blank: "returned" suggests coming back from somewhere.