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In Chapter 1, during the morning assembly breakdown, when Mr. Bepo is unable to speak and begins to weep, Vice Principal Mrs. Grace Apeh steps in. The text states: " 'Please, conclude the assembly and let the students go into their classes immediately,' the VP instructed the Chemistry teacher, Mr. Justus Anabel." This can be found on page 5 of the novel.

In Chapter 1, when Mr. Bepo begins crying at the podium, Mrs. Grace Apeh approaches him and asks, "What is the matter, principal?" The novel explicitly notes: "But the principal said nothing. Instead, he sobbed freely." This can be found on page 5 of the novel.

In Chapter 5, when the security guard explains why staff cars are parked on the acquired parcel of land outside the gate, he uses the informal singular-they construction ("everyone... their"). In prescriptive grammar, the indefinite pronoun "everyone" is grammatically singular and takes the singular possessive determiner "his or her" to maintain grammatical concord.

In Chapter 5 ("Snake in the Roof"), the Managing Director (Mrs. Ibidun Gloss) inspects the piece of land acquired two years earlier, located five minutes from the school's back gate. To her shock, she discovers that about half of the land was being used by teachers and other staff members as an alternative, secluded parking lot for their personal vehicles bought through cooperative loans. This is detailed in pages 24 and 25 of the novel.

A "leisurely" pace is unhurried, slow and relaxed. The antonym (opposite in meaning) is "rushed" or hurried.

"Ecstatic" means feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness, joyful excitement or bliss. The antonym (opposite in meaning) is "sad".

"Concise" means giving a lot of information clearly and in few words; brief and comprehensive. The antonym is "lengthy" (tediously long or verbose).

"Chagrin" refers to a feeling of distress, embarrassment, or keen disappointment caused by failure or humiliation. Therefore, "disappointment" is the closest in meaning.

To be "incurious" means to lack curiosity, interest, or concern. Hence, "unconcerned about" is the exact synonym in this context.

Pernicious means having a harmful, destructive, or poisonous effect in a gradual way. "Noxious" (harmful, poisonous, or deleterious) is the closest synonym.

The idiomatic expression "to put paid to something" means to bring something to an end, to ruin, destroy, or completely halt/stop it.

In English lexical collocation, the natural adverb that collocates with weeping or crying out of deep grief or pain is "bitterly" (to cry bitterly). "Profusely" typically collocates with bleeding or sweating.

The adverb "next" refers to a future development. The noun clause functioning as the subject must logically express future occurrence using the simple future modal verb: "What will happen next".

The equative comparative structure "as ... as" requires the positive (base) degree of the adjective, making "big" (as big as mine) the only grammatically correct option.

To have "a knack for (doing) something" means to have a special skill, aptitude, or tendency to do something easily or habitually. "Addiction" and "habit" take different prepositional patterns (e.g., an addiction to, a habit of).