Seven spools of threads

Seven spools of thread

by Joseph Manso

Multiple Choice

Look for the picture that means spools

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How many brothers are in this family?

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Their mother is still alive

• True

• False

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But they were a

to their father.

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From morning until night, the family’s small home was filled with the sound of the brothers’

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And so it would continue until the moon

down and the stars twinkled in the sky

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At mealtime, the young men argued until the

was cold and the fu fu was hard

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One said day, what happened to the seven brothers' father?

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Who came to see the brothers after the old man died?

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What did the chief order the boys to do?

• To be kind to each other.

• To get out of the house

• To make gold out of the threads.

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The second oldest brother got the ......thread

• blue

• red

• yellow

• black

• green

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What would happen if the brothers couldn't fulfill the chief's order?

• Nothing happened

• They would have their father's house.

• They would have nothing.

Open Ended

What could you see the difference in the brothers in this part of the story?

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What is the plan of the brothers?

• They would weave one colour cloths.

• THey would weave multi-color- cloths.

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The seven Ashanti brothers went to work. Together

they cut the wood to make a ..........

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Whom did the brother meet and sell their cloth to?

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What was the price did the brothers ask for? 

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The Ashanti brothers decided to teach the poor villagers how to

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What did the brothers' father want to teach them?

​Explain the meaning of this proverb.