Anansi Storywork Jr. Dec. 2017 / Jan. 2018

What country is this folktale from?

• Ireland

• Africa

• China

• Mexico

Anansi is what kind of creature?

How does Anansi feel about having stories to tell?

• He thinks telling stories is boring.

• He couldn’t live without telling stories.

• He doesn’t think he’s good at telling stories.

• He is afraid to tell stories.

What is the name of the sky god who kept the stories?

• Aso

• Anasi

• Onini

• Nyame

Why does Nyame give Anansi such difficult challenges to win the stories?

• Nyame thinks that Anansi can do them easily.

• Nyame doesn’t like spiders.

• Nyame wants to keep his stories.

• Nyame is an evil Sky God.

Where did Anansi capture the python?

• deep in the forest

• in a tall tree

• in the jungle

• at a watering hole

Why does Anansi pour water on his head and the hornets’ nest?

• It’s very hot, and he wants to keep the hornets safe.

• He has too much water, and he needs to get rid of it.

• He wants to trick the hornets into thinking it’s raining.

• He thinks the water protects him from the hornets’ stings.

How does Anansi share the stories he won from Nyame, the Sky God?

• He opens the box of stories and tells them to the villagers.

• He drops the box of stories through the clouds to the earth.

• He gives the box of stories to the villagers.

• He opens the box of stories and tosses them to the wind.

Which of the following words would best describe a trickster?

• honest

• clever

• small

• scared

What order were the creatures captured in?

• Osebo, Onini, the hornets

• Onini, Osebo, the hornets

• Osebo, the hornets, Onini

• the hornets, Onini, Osebo