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Chemistry
WAEC / WASSCE 1997
Organic Chemistry II: Functional Groups, Polymers & Biomolecules
Solution
(a) List two products obtained when crude oil is refined
(b)(i) What is the general formula for alkanols?
(ii) State the type of reaction involved in the conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid
(iii) Write an equation to show how ethanoic acid reacts with sodium trioxocarbonate (IV).
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Chemical Principles & Mechanism
(a)(i) Gasoline
(ii) Diesel
(iii) Kerosine
(iv) Wax (any two)
(b)(i) C\(_n\)H\(_{2n + 1}\)OH
(ii) Oxidation
(iii) 2CH\(_3\)COOH + Na\(_2\)CO\(_3\) ---> 2CH\(_3\) COONa + CO\(_2\) + H\(_2\)O.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54285)
Chemistry
WAEC / WASSCE 1997
Kinetic Theory of Matter & Gas Laws
Solution
(a) State Gay Lussac's law of combining volumes
(b) Hydrogen reacts with oxygen according to the following equation;
2H\(_{2(g)}\) + O\(_{2(g)}\) ---> 2H\(_2\)O\(_{(g)}\). If 50cm\(^3\) of hydrogen were sparked with 30cm\(^{3}\) of oxygen, calculate the volume of unused oxygen after cooling to the initial temperature and pressure.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Chemical Principles & Mechanism
(a) Gay - Lussac Law of combining volumes states that when gases react, they do so in volumes which are in simple ratios to one another and to the volume of the product, if gaseous, provided that the temperature and pressure remain constant.
(b) 2H\(_2\) + O\(_2\) -> 2H\(_2\)O. According to the equation, 2 volume of H\(_2\) requires 1 volume of oxygen.
50cm\(^3\) of H\(_2\) requires 25cm\(^3\) of oxygen,
volume of oxygen available = 30cm\(^3\),
volume of unused oxygen 30 - 25 = 5cm\(^3\).
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54286)
Chemistry
WAEC / WASSCE 1997
Oxidation, Reduction & Redox Reactions
Solution
(a) Mention three chemical properties of chlorine
(b) What type of reaction is represented by each of the following equations?
(i) Mg\(_{(s)}\) + 2HCI\(_{(aq)}\) --> Mg\(_2\)Cl\(_{2(aq)}\) + H\(_{2(g)}\)
(ii) Ag\(^+_{aq}\) + Cl\(^-\)\(_{(aq)}\) ----> AgCl\(_{(s)}\)
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Chemical Principles & Mechanism
(a)(i) It reacts with ammonia
(ii) It is a powerful bleaching agent
(iii) It combines with water to form HOCI and HCI acids
(b)(i) Displacement reaction
(ii) Redox reaction.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54287)
Chemistry
WAEC / WASSCE 1997
Stoichiometry, Mole Concept & Volumetric Analysis
Solution
(a) Give one example of a metal which:
(i) can displace hydrogen from cold water
(ii) at red-heat, reacts reversibly with steam
(iii) does not react with dilute hydrochloric acid
(b) When dry hydrogen was passed over lead (II) oxide, a greyish solid J was obtained.
(i) Identify J
(ii) What type of reaction was involved in the formation of J from lead (II) oxide?
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Chemical Principles & Mechanism
(a)(i) Sodium(Na)
(ii) copper (Cu)
(iii) magnesium (Mg)
(b)(i) J is lead (Pb)
(ii) Reduction.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54289)
Chemistry
WAEC / WASSCE 1997
Chemical Energetics & Thermochemistry
Solution
(a)(i) Define entropy
(ii) What term is used to describe a reaction in which heat is absorbed from the surrounding?
(b) State two conditions that can lead to ineffective collisions during a chemical reaction.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Chemical Principles & Mechanism
(a)(i) Entropy is defined as the degree of disorderliness or randomness in a chemical system.
(ii) Endothermic
(b)(i) Energy barrier
(ii) Activation energy.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54290)
Chemistry
WAEC / WASSCE 1997
Non-Metals & Their Compounds
Solution
(a)(i) List two reactants for the laboratory preparation of ammonia
(ii) State three physical properties of ammonia
(iii) Describe in outline, the manufacture of ammonia by the Haber process.
(b) Write an equation in each case to show the:
(i) reaction between ammonia gas and heated copper (II) oxide
(ii) action of heat on ammonium trioxocarbonate (IV)
(c)(i) Which industrial process is used for convey ammonia to trioxonitrate (V) acid?
(ii) Give the reason why electropositive metals do not generally are off hydrogen with dilute trioxonitrate (V) acid
(d) Give one example in each case, to show how trioxonitrate (V) acid reacts generally with: (i) bases (ii) non-metals.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Chemical Principles & Mechanism
(a)(i) Ammonium chloride and calcium hydroxide
(ii) - Ammonia is an alkaline gas, it turns red litmus paper blue.
- It is less dense than air.
- A colourless gas with characteristic choking smell.
(iii) Haber process - is the direct combination of hydrogen and nitrogen in volume ratio 3:1 respectively. The mixture is passed over a finely divided iron catalyst at a temperature of about 500^\circC and a pressure of 250 atmosphere yield ammonia. It is a reversible reaction. 3H\(_2\) + N\(_2\) \(\to\) 2NH\(_3\)
(b) (i)2NH + 3CuO \(\to\) 3Cu + 3H\(_2\)O + N\(_2\)
(ii) (NH\(_4\))\(_2\)CO\(_3\) \(\to\) 2NH\(_3\) + CO\(_2\) + H\(_2\)O
(c)(i) catalytic oxidation of ammonia
(ii) dilute trioxonitrate (v) acid does not generally give off hydrogen because any hydrogen formed is immediately oxidized by more of the acis to form water
(d)(i) with bases NaOH + HNO\(_3\) \(\to\) CO\(_2\) + 2H\(_2\)O + 4NO\(_2\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54291)
Chemistry
WAEC / WASSCE 1997
Water, Solutions & Solubility
Solution
(a)(i) State two general methods of preparing soluble salts.
(ii) Mention three pieces of apparatus required for determining the solubility of a salt at a given temperature.
(b) The solubilities of two salts represented as K and L were determined at various temperatures. The results are shown in the table below:
Temperature (\(^o\)C)
0
20
40
60
80
90
Solubility of K (mol. dm\(^{-3}\))
0.38
0.46
0.54
0.62
0.69
0.73
Solubility of L (mol. dm\(^{-3}\))
0.12
0.34
0.64
1.08
1.64
2.00
(i) Plot the solubility curves of K and L on the same graph. Use the curves to answer questions (ii) - (iv) below.
(ii) What is the solubility of K at 50^\circC?
(iii) At what temperature is the solubility of L equal to 1.0mol. dm\(^{-3}\)?
(iv) Over what temperature range is K more soluble that L?
(v) Given that the molar mass of L is 101g, determine whether a solution containing 3.4g of L per 250cm\(^3\) at 20^\circC is saturated or unsaturated.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Chemical Principles & Mechanism
(a)(i) - Neutralization of a base by an acid
- Direct combination of elements
(ii) Thermometer, water bath and stirrer
(b)(i) The solubility of K at 50\(^o\) equal to 0.58mol/dm\(^3\)
(ii) The solubility of L equals to 1.0mol/dm\(^{-3}\) at 57\(^o\)C
(iii) K is more soluble than L over the temperature range of 0\(^o\) to 31.5\(^o\)C
(iv) Molar mass of L = 101g
3.4gm of L per 250cm\(^3\) \(\to\) 3.4 \(\to\) 250X \(\to\) 1000X = \(\frac{1000}{250}\) x 3.4 = 13.6g/dm\(^3\)
At 20\(^o\)C the molar conc. of L = 0.34
The solubility 101 x 0.34 = 34.34g/dm\(^3\) at 20\(^o\)C. Since the concentration/solubility of 13.6g/dm\(^3\) is lower than the required solubility of 34.34g/dm\(^3\) at 20\(^o\)C, it is therefore not saturated ie. unsaturated
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54292)
Chemistry
WAEC / WASSCE 1997
Organic Chemistry II: Functional Groups, Polymers & Biomolecules
Solution
(a)(i) What is meant by cracking of petroleum fractions?
(ii) Write an equation for the laboratory preparation of ethene from ethanol.
(iii) Give one chemical test to distinguish between ethane and ethene.
(b)(i) Name the class of carbohydrates to which starch and cellulose belong.
(ii) What process is used for isolating ethanol from the other products of fermentation of sugar?
(iii) Name the organic product of the reaction between ethanol and sodium
(iv). Write the structural formula of 2-chloroethanol.
(c) State the reason why:
(i) benzene produces more soot than ethene on burning in excess air;
(ii) ethanoic acid has a higher boiling point than methanoic acid;
(iii) sodium chloride is used during the manufacture of soap.
(d) Give one use of: (i) ethyne (ii) coal (iii) carbon black
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Chemical Principles & Mechanism
(a)(i) Cracking is the conservation of surplus supplies of less desirable fraction such as kerosine and gas oil into petrol
(ii) C\(_2\)H\(_5\)OH C\(_2\)H\(_4\)
(iii) When ethane and ethene are separately passed through water
(a)(i) polysaccharide
(ii) Fractional distillation
(iii) sodium ethoxide
(iv) 2-chloro ethanol
(c)(i) Benzene produces more soot than ethene due to the high carbon of the former
(ii) Because of higher molecular weight and higher carbon content in ethanoic acid than methanoic acid
(iii) The sodium chloride used during the manufacture of soap is to decrease the solubility of the soap so that it separates out as hard cake
(d)(i) ethyne - in synthesis to neoprene rubber
(ii) coal - is used mainly as a fuel
(iii) carbon black - used in manufacturing tyre
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54293)
Chemistry
WAEC / WASSCE 1997
Electrolysis & Electrochemical Cells
Solution
(a)(i) List three characteristic properties of transition metals
(ii) 0.45g of a metal M was deposited when a current of 1.8 amperes was passed for 12.5 minutes through a solution containing M\(^{2+}\). Calculate the relative atomic mass of M. [1 Faraday = 96500 C]
(iii) Give the reason why copper-plated iron corrodes easily when the surface is scratched.
(b)(i) State the law of definite proportions (constant composition).
(ii) Describe in outline, an experimental procedure for determining the proportion of oxygen in a given sample of copper(II) oxide.
(iii) Write an equation to show how copper (II) oxide can be obtained directly from copper (II) trioxonitrate (V)
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Chemical Principles & Mechanism
(a)(i) - They formed coloured ions in solution
- They exhibit variable oxidation
- They exhibit very high catalytic activity
(ii) Quantity of electricity (Q) = current x time Q = 1.8 x 12.5 x 60 = 1350 coulombs
M\(^{2+}\) + 2e\(^-\) M;
2 x 96500 will liberate one mole of the metal but 1350 liberatrate 0.45
2 x 96500 \(\to\) X;
X = \(\frac{2 \times 96500}{1350}\) x 0.45 = 64.33
The relative molecular mass of m is 64.33
(iii) copper - plated iron corrodes easily when scratched because the iron is exposed to moisture, which readily reacts with iron to form iron(iii) oxide (rust). Copper has high resistance to corrosion but iron does not
(b)(i) The law of definite proportion states that all pure sample of a particular chemical compound contain similar elements combined in the same proportion by mass
(ii) - weigh the sample of copper (II) oxide in boat
- place the boat inside a hard glass tube
- Heat the sample strongly while passing a stream of dry hydrogen gas through the glass tube
- Remove the flame, but continue to pass hydrogen gas as the sample cools down
- Weigh the residue, the difference in mass is the quantity of oxygen in the sample
(b)(iii) 2Cu(NO\(_3\))\(2\) \(\to\) 2CuO + O\(_2\) + 4NO\(_2\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54294)
Chemistry
WAEC / WASSCE 1997
Organic Chemistry II: Functional Groups, Polymers & Biomolecules
Solution
(a) Name one laboratory apparatus/set-up for:
(i) determining the heat of neutralization:
(ii) decomposing water into hydrogen and oxygen.
(b) Outline a suitable procedure for distinguishing between glucose and cellulose using
(i) one physical test apart from tasting.
(ii) one chemical test.
(c) Draw a labelled sketch to illustrate the separation of a mixture by sublimation.
(ii) Give two examples of substances that are sublime.
(d)(i) Mention one salt which produces brown fumes on being heated strongly
(ii) What is the action of the brown fumes mentioned in (i) above on litmus.
(iii) Give one reason why it is not advisable to collect nitrogen by displacement of air [N - 14].
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Chemical Principles & Mechanism
(a)(i) Bomb calorimeter
(ii) Hoffman voltameter.
(b)(i) Solubility in water, glucose is soluble in water while cellulose is not soluble in water
(ii) Glucose is a strong reducing agent, it reduces Fehling's solution to red precipitate of copper (I) oxide on boiling. Cellulose does not reduce Fehling's solution
(c)(i)
(c)(ii) NH\(_4\)Cl, and iodine
(d)(i) Pb(NO\(_3\))\(_2\)
(ii) The brown fumes (NO\(_2\)) turns damp blue litmus paper red.
(iii) It is not advisable to collect nitrogen by displacement of air because it has about the same density as air.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #60131)
Chemistry
WAEC / WASSCE 1997
Acids, Bases, pH & Salts
Solution
Credit will be given for strict adherence to instructions, for observations precisely recorded, and for accurate inferences. All tests, observations, and inferences must be clearly entered in your answer book, in ink, at the time they are made.
C and D are samples of two simple salts. Carry out the following exercises on them. Record your observations and state the conclusion you draw from the result of each test.
(a)(i) Put half of C in a test tube and add about 5cm\(^3\) of distilled water. Test with litmus.
(ii) Put the rest of C in a test tube and add about 5cm\(^3\) of dilute hydrochloric acid. Identify any gases evolved.
(b)(i) Put half of D in a test tube. Add about 5cm\(^3\) of sodium hydroxide solution and warm. Identify any gases evolved.
(ii) Put the rest of D in a test tube and add about 5cm\(^3\) of distilled water. Mix thoroughly. Add about 2cm\(^3\) of barium chloride solution, followed by dilute hydrochloric acid in excess.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Chemical Principles & Mechanism
Test
Observation
Inference
(a)(i) C + water + litmus
Soluble in water to give a colourless solution which turns red litmus blue
Basic solution
(ii) C + HCl\(_{(aq)}\)
Effervescence occurs colourless and odourless gas evolved gas which turns lime water milky
The gas is CO\(_2\) from CO\(_3^{2+}\)
(b)(i) D + NaOH\(_{(aq)}\) + Heat
Colourless gas evolved with characteristic chocking smell which turns litmus blue and form white fumes with conc. HCl acid stopper/Vapour
Gas is NH\(_3\)
NH\(_4^+\) present
(ii) D + water + BaCl\(_{2(aq)}\) and HCl
It is soluble in water,
white ppt. formed,
ppt. dissolved forming a colourless soln. Colourless gas with irritating smell evolved; the gas turned the colour of acidified K\(_2\)Cr\(_2\)O\(_7\) or soln. from orange to green
SO\(_3^{2-}\), SO\(_4^{2-}\) or CO\(^{2-}_3\) or S\(^{2-}\) present
the gas is SO\(_2\) from SO\(_4^{2-}\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #60132)
Chemistry
WAEC / WASSCE 1997
Stoichiometry, Mole Concept & Volumetric Analysis
Solution
All your burette readings (initial and final), as well as the size of your pipette, must be recorded but on no account of experimental procedure is required. All calculations must be done in your answer book.
A is 0.50 mol dm\(^{-3}\) hydrochloric acid. B is 0.025 mol dm\(^{-3}\) of a trioxocarbonate (IV) salt.
(a) Put A into the burette and titrate with 20.0cm\(^{-3}\) or 25.0 cm\(^{-3}\) portions of B using methyl orange or screened methyl Orange indicator. Record the volume of your pipette. Tabulate your burette readings and calculate the average of A used.
(b) From your results, calculate the mole ratio of acid to trioxocarbonate (IV) in the reaction, expressing your answer as a whole number ratio of one.
(c) Given that B contains 7.2g dm\(^{-3}\) of the hydrated trioxocarbonate (IV) salt, calculate the:
(i) concentration of anhydrous salt in B in g dm\(^{-3}\) [Molar mass of anhydrous salt in B = 106g]
(ii) percentage of water of crystallization in the hydrated salt.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Chemical Principles & Mechanism
Burette readings
Rough
1st
3rd
3rd
Final burette reading (cm\(^3\))
23.50
33.00
23.00
28.00
Initial burette reading (cm\(^3\))
0.00
10.00
0.00
5.00
Initial burette reading (cm\(^3\))
23.50
23.00
23.00
23.00
(a) Average volume of the acid(titre) = \(\frac{23.00 + 23.00 + 23.00}{3}\) = 23.00 cm\(^3\)
(b) A is 0.050 mol dm\(^{-3}\) of HCl; B is 0.25 mol dm\(^{-3}\) of XCO\(_3\)
Let the mole ratio of the acid to the triocarbonate (IV) be M
From \(\frac{\text{concentration of A(C\(_A\)) x volume of (V\(_A\))}}{\text{concentration of B(C\(_B\)) x volume of (B)(V\(_B\))}}\)
\(\frac{0.050 \times 23.00}{0.025 \times 25.00}\) = m
m = 1.84
Since m = \(\frac{A}{B}\)
A : B = 1.84 : 1
A : B approximately 2 : 1 expressed in a whole number ratio
(c) Molar mass of XCO\(_3\) = 160g (given); concentration = 7.2g/dm\(^3\) (hydrated trioxocarbonate)
(i) concentration of anhydrous salt = mole concentration x molar mass
0.025 x 106 = 2.65 m/dm\(^3\)
(ii) percentage of water of crystallisation = \(\frac{7.2 - 2.65}{7.2} \times \frac{100}{1}\)%
= \(\frac{4.55}{7.2}\) x 100%
= 63.19%
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #60133)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 1997
Antonyms (Opposite in Meaning)
In each of the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words lettered A - E, choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentences.
I was impressed by the man's eagerness but was rather put off by his wife's........
A
anxiety
B
impatience
C
indifference
D
negligence
E
calmness
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option C.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #40378)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 1997
Reading Comprehension, Summary & Composition
Solution
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions on it.
Every child, whether he comes to his family by birth or adoption, discovers what a family is through the experiences family life. The new-born infant has no way of knowing which of the many faces that hover above him belongs to a parent. He has no way of knowing what a parent is. He only knows that he is comfortable or uncomfortable, hungry or satisfied Gradually, as the months-go by, he begins to know who brings comfort when he is uncomfortable and food when he is hungry. He comes to know the feel of the arm that holds him close when he eats and holds him safe in his bath. He knows the voice that soothes him and sings to him. He grows to know who responds to his needs when he cries out. This is the special person in the whole strange new world who belongs specially to him This is his first recognition of a parent.
The mother and father who care for a child, who listen for his voice and try to interpret what he means, who comfort him, feed him and play with him discover for the first time what it is to be parents. They do not become parents by virtue of conception and birth alone. They grow to be parents just as the infant grows to recognize them as such. They corn' to know the developing personality of their child in a way that no other person really can. They recognize whether he is i a lusty eater or a nibbler: vivacious or reserved: adventurous or cautious. By observing his intellectual and physical abilities, they also get to know what he may become in future. They are concerned with meeting his needs and wants: and fostering his growth to maturity.
Sometimes because of their responsibility to their child, parents have to do unpleasant things. They have for instance, to take him for injections. He can have no choice about taking medicine when he is ill. He must learn quickly and not necessarily at his own pace, that fire is not a play-thing. In the intimacies of daily living, the child and the parents learn the bitter and the sweet of family relations. It is through the experiences of family life that a child and his parents grow to be a family. For every parent, biological or adoptive, it is the daily loving care of the child and his responsiveness that build up the parents' feelings. For every child, it is being loved and being cared for that produce family closeness.
(a) In two sentences, state how the new-born infant perceives his environment.
(b) In one sentence, say what an infant first learns about its parents.
(c) In two sentences, say what parents learn about their child as he grows up.
(d) In one sentence, summarize what a responsible parent often has to do in the interest of the child.
A
anxiety
B
impatience
C
indifference
D
negligence
E
calmness
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
(a)(i) An infant recognises only comfort or discomfort
(ii) An infant percieves his environment as a strange world.
(b) He first learns that his parents are people who respond to his needs.
(c)(i) The parents learn the developing traits of the child
(ii) The parents learn what the child may become in future
(d) A responsible parent sometimes has to take unpleasant action/subject the child to unpleasant experiences.
Source: Official Exam / Past Question Archive
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 1997
Clauses, Phrases, Voice & Reported Speech
Solution
Narrate to your classmates an experience you have had or heard about which illustrates the saying: "You reap what you sow"
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
SOW WIND AND REAP WHIRLWIND
Once upon a time, there lived a man called Chief Olowolayemo. He was a rich man who was highly respected in his town. Chief Olowolayemo had two wives. The name of the first wife was Phebe Ademosun while the second and younger wife was Ebun. Chief Olowolayemo married the first wife when he was poor. Phebe was a loving wife, who loved her husband and struggled very hard with her husband to acqire money. She had seven children for Chief Olowolayemo, six of whom were girls and the last was a boy. It was because it took her a long time to have a male child that her husband decided to marry Ebun, his second wife.
Ebun was the daughter of the great herbalist in the town of Ilugun. Ebun's father was famous for bad medicines and charms. When she became Chief Olowolayemo's wife. Ebun was about eighteen years old while the first wife was twenty-nine. Phebe, the chiefs first wife accepted Ebun as her wife and always took care of her when she newly came into the family. At the time the Chief married Ebun. Phebe had five female children. The first wife. despite the fact that her husband was fed up with her after having five female children. was a pleasant woman who embraced Ebun and extended hands of fellowship to her. Before too long. Ebun became pregnant and had her first child who happened to be a male. Chief Olowolayemo was very happy after waiting for so long to have a male child The first wife in her normal pleasant character regarded the arrival of the male child as an open way for her to have her own. Thus. she named the child Adesina. Adesina grew up to love his father's eldest wife because the woman showed no inhibition in loving him.
To cut the long story short, Ebun had three boys for her husband and the eldest wife had six female and one male children. Chief Olowolayemo was trying his best to share his love among the two wives. The first wife in her characteristic manner showed love and affection for Ebun. the junior wife. The children were growing up in the same family. They were attending schools. The children of the first wife were more brilliant in the school than the children of the second wife. The most brilliant of all the children was the last male child of the first wife called Oluomo.
This always annoyed the second wife who became unhappy with her three children She always scolded them and made remarks that their younger brother was acknowledged to be more brilliant than they.
As a result of this she decided to complain to her father She visited her father and when she told him her fears of the effect that Oluomo would be more popular than her three male children. she demanded that her father should give her poison to kill Oluomo. She collected the poison and headed home.
When she got home she decided to poison Oluomo's food The second week after this it was her turn to prepare food for the whole family. She prepared a good meal and poisoned Oluomo's food which she kept on a table where he could see it to eat. When the children closed from school, Adesina. Ebun's first child rushed home ahead of others.
On getting home, he met nobody in the house and he was hungry. He started searching the kitchen for food. The first plate of food he saw on the table was the food his mother had poisoned and meant for Oluomo He took the food and ate hurriedly. Soon after eating, he started feeling stomach-ache and before long. he started rolling on the floor. writhing in pains. As this was happening, the other children came into the house. They were crying for help when the two wives and Chief Olowolayemo came in. The wicked woman rushed in crying while others were trying to rush the boy to the hospital. Ebun could no longer contain the situation and she began to cry out: "I have killed my son I don't know it will end like this '. When they heard this, the sympathisers who gathered forced her to explain. After listening to her dastardly story, her husband sent her packing. She begged for pity but her husband said: "Get away wicked wife, you reap what you sow"
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #51676)