Unit 3 Exit 2

Act 1 Scene 2 helps the reader understand-

• Bouki’ s conflict

• Bouki’ s solution

• That Bouki has friends

• That Bouki is poor

How do the stage directions appear in the play?

• in regular print

• in capital letters

• in bold and all capitals

• in parentheses

What is the most likely reason the author divides the play into 3 scenes?

• To show time had passed

• To show the setting changed

• To introduce new characters

• Because he wanted to

Read the sentences from Act 1, Scene 2.

(Tortoise enters. Zebra rushes over to him.)

Why does the author use rushes instead of walks in the sentences above?

• to show that Zebra is careless

• to show that Zebra is excited

• to show that Zebra is afraid

• to show that Zebra is late

Scene 1 is mostly about-

• The hyena playing tricks on others

• The Narrator introducing the cast

• The Tortoise and Leopard helping each other

• The beginning of time when the animals had little color on their skin

Scene 2 and 3 are mostly about-

• The Tortoise helps everyone become beautiful

• The Hyena continues to play tricks on the other animals

• The Tortoise helps other animals look what best fits them! The Hyena asked for help and was painted dull and messy.

• The Animals helped each other as they pushed the Hyena out of the forest.

Which is the BEST way to retell the selection?

• The Tortoise became known for painting animals skin with colors after giving the Leopard spots for helping him when the Hyena pushed him. The Other forest animals wanted Tortoise to make them beautiful, even the Hyena asked for his assistance.

• The Tortoise painted the Leopard with spots, The Zebra with stripes, the Giraffe with spots and the hyena with a dull dirty white and sad grey color. All the animals got their fur painted.

• The animals all wanted to get back at the Hyena for playing tricks on them, so Tortoise painted him great and white and made him look dirty.