Parent-child relationships

Kezia could not talk freely to her father. In exams write lack of communication as a cause of fear too.

The father's affection on the frightening night reduces the distance. Treat this incident as a turning point in the relationship.

At first she saw her father as strict. Remember the difference between her beginning and ending thoughts.

At the end, when Kezia has a nightmare, her father carries her to his bed and comforts her lovingly. She then realises that his strict outer manner hides genuine love and care. Option B reflects her earlier fear, not her understanding at the end. Exam tip: Remember Kezia’s character change through her changed view of her father.

In the story understanding and affection improve the relationship. Write the importance of communication in family.

The father's tiredness becomes one reason for his strict behaviour. Do not see him only as strict in exams.

The Macdonald family gives an example of open fatherly affection. Remember the purpose of comparison.

Kezia feels frightened and hurt by her father's stern manner, but later she also experiences his care and protection. This shows that children feel behaviour and relationships around them very deeply. Option B is incorrect because children need love and affection, not discipline alone. Exam tip: Remember Kezia's changing feelings alongside her changing understanding of her father.

The story teaches parents to understand children's feelings. This is useful in value-based answers.

The story teaches children to understand parents' love. In exams write understanding from both sides in a relationship.

Kezia was afraid of her father's strict appearance. In exams connect her fear with his serious behaviour.

Her father removed his boots after coming home. Remember the homecoming scene carefully for exams.

Grandmother sent Kezia to her father. In exams remember grandmother as a link in the family.

Kezia stammered because she feared her father. Understand the feeling behind her behaviour for exams.

The father seemed strict and serious outwardly. In exams understand the difference between outer behaviour and inner love.

Kezia considered her father strict, serious, and frightening. Therefore, she became nervous and felt afraid whenever she saw him. She was not very angry with him; her main feeling was fear. Exam tip: Remember Kezia’s early behaviour as being shaped by her fear of her father.

Kezia wanted to make a gift for her father's birthday. Connect the pin cushion incident with birthday for exams.

Kezia made a pin cushion for her father’s birthday. To fill it, she tore up the papers containing his speech, which made him angry. A handkerchief or a woollen muffler was not the gift she made in the story. Exam tip: Remember the pin cushion together with the incident of the torn speech papers.

Kezia tore up the sheets containing her mother’s speech and used them to fill the pin cushion. She did not know that the papers were important for her father, so her mistake was innocent and unintentional. Cotton may normally be used as stuffing, but it was not used by Kezia in the story. Exam tip: Link this incident with Kezia’s innocence and her father’s stern reaction.

The torn papers were father's important papers. This incident is the reason for his anger in the story.