I cried aloud, shaking my head all the while until I felt the cold blades of the scissors against my neck, and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids. Then I lost my spirit. Since the day I was taken from my mother I had suffered extreme indignities. People had stared at me. I had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet. And now my long hair was shingled like a coward’s! In my anguish I moaned for my mother, but no one came to comfort me. Not a soul reasoned quietly with me, as my own mother used to do; for now I was only one of many little animals driven by a herder.
i. Complete the sentence appropriately, with reference to the extract. The writer refers to herself as a 'wooden puppet' because ______.
ii. Which of these best describes the change in the author's attitude from the beginning to end of the extract?
A. hostility followed by guilt
B. misery followed by apathy
C. rebellion followed by despair
D. denial followed by vengeance
iii. Which of these can be best used as a title for this extract?
A. The Sea of Turmoil
B. The Price of Freedom
C. The Burden of Beauty
D. The Road Towards Maturity
iv. In one sentence, state why the writer uses the phrase 'gnaw off' while referring to her hair being cut?