WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SWEET SIXTEEN NOVEL( SUMMARY & POSSIBLE QUESTIONS)

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SWEET SIXTEEN NOVEL
Sweet sixteen is a novel that Jambite ought to read. I would highly recommend that you read the summary, before the book, so as to get an upper hand when answering tricky questions. i would recommend each and every one to  take this novel (sweet sixteen) serious, as that is where jamb will set their technical question from aside comprehension. KEEP READING

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SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
In Bolaji Abdullahi’s Sweet Sixteen, the protagonist, 16 year-old Aliya, whom her father refers to adoringly as ‘My First Lady,’ bombards her journalist father with questions some of which throw him off balance.

“Okay Daddy what does HAK and KOTL mean’’ Aliya asked. And when the father expressed his ignorance of the teenage acronyms, Aliya gleefully supplied them; ‘’HAK means ‘Hugs and Kisses’ while KOTL means ‘Kiss On The Lips’. And when she added that some students were caught on the school’s basketball court at night having ‘’53X’ (sex), Mr Bello almost fainted. ‘’But…how do you know all these?’’ he asked almost in consternation to which Aliya replied; ‘’Come on, Daddy, everybody knows these things.”

In his debut fictional work, Bolaji Abdullahi, who has written extensively over the years on politics, policy and development laid bare in an absorbing page-turner, murky truths and hitherto unspeakable issues in the ever challenging world of teenagers and young adults.

Divided into seven sections; The Letter, The Drive, Work, The Gandhi Test, Dating, Stereotype and Beauty, Sweet Sixteen’s central focus was a series of conversations between Mr Bello and her sixteen year old intelligent and precocious daughter on the ‘facts of life’. These are topics which the book’s editor, Molara Wood, referred to on the book’s cover jacket as “everything a teenage girl ever wanted to know but was afraid to ask’’.  Another part of the book’s blurb referred to it as “a parenting manual and a guidebook for young adults’’.

The above notwithstanding, sociologists, educationists and policy makers as well as parents and guardians are still divided on how much ‘sensitive’ information especially on sex education should be divulged to teenagers.

For example, in a recent UK survey, more than half of parents do not think sex education should be taught to children at school. According to a poll by baby product website babychild.org.uk; ‘’Many think it is inappropriate to teach children about sex, whilst others think it should be a parents’ choice to inform their own child.’’

However on the other side of the coin, it is believed that just as Aliya put it in Sweet Sixteen, most teenagers are already aware of what adults seem to be hiding from them. According to one expert; ‘’Comprehensive sex education doesn’t encourage kids to have sex. Just like abstinence-only programs, good comprehensive programs, teach students that abstinence is the only sure fire way to prevent pregnancy and STDs. The difference is that these programs also give students realistic and factual information about the safety of various sexual practices, and how to improve the odds.’’

In writing Sweet Sixteen, Bolaji Abdullahi a former Nigerian Minister of Youths and Sports, among other previous jobs, must have critically weighed the above positions before taking on a smorgasbord of young adult topics that ranged from bullying, dating, stereotype, ethics and sex education among others. In pushing out his themes, the author found a good ally in Aliya Bello, a teenager with a curious, fascinating and inquisitive mind and a devoted as well as responsible father. Mr Bello, as expected of any good father, took responsibility for the education of his daughter including the tricky but very important aspect of sex education. Aliya was therefore fortunate to have a father who did not leave her to

Below are the expected questions from Jamb’s “Sweet Sixteen”;

Who is the Author of the book, “Sweet Sixteen”?

Bolaji Adelaji
Bolaji Abdullahi
Bolade Abdullahi
Jerry Agada

Answer: Bolaji Abdullahi

How old was Aliya in the Novel?

16
18
17
19

Answer: 16

According to one expert; ‘’Comprehensive s*x education doesn’t encourage kids to have s*x.

True
False

Answer: True

KOTL means……

Kiss On The Lips
Kiss On The Labs
Kiss On-top The Lips
Kiss On-top The Legs

Answer: Kiss on-top the lips

…………. almost fainted when he heard that some students were caught on the school’s basketball court at night having ‘’S*X’.

Mr James
Aliya
Mr Bello
Bolaji

Answer: Mr. Bellow

Good comprehensive programmes teach students that abstinence is the only surefire way to prevent pregnancy and STDs.

True
False

Answer: True

Adoringly, Aliya was referred to as……….

Journalist
S*x Addict
Beautiful Lady
First Lady

Answer: First Lady

Who asked this question “what does HAK and KOTL mean?”

Aliya
Bolaji
Mr Bello
First Lady

Answer: Aliya

Mr Bello is a ————— by Professions fro the Novel.

an Accountant
Engineer
Nurse
Journalist

Answer: Journalist

Where were the students were caught having S*X?

At the Chapel
Behind a Lawn Tennis Court
At the Basketball Court
In the Toilet

Answer: At the basket ball Court

…………. is the protagonist in the Novel, Sweet Sixteen

Mr Bello
Aliya
Mrs Bello
Mr Fayose

Answer: Aliya

From the Novel, Most Teenagers knows what Adults seems to be Hiding from them.

True
False

Answer: True

Number of Questions Jamb Sets from the Novel; the number of questions set by jamb varies. In some cases, student with the same jamb subject combination are given different number of questions from jamb novel. However, the total number of questions from the novel for each candidate from the novel should not exceed 10.