Why the Sky is Far Away

Why is the sky important to the people?

• The sky is for their weather, and cultural inspiration.

• The sky is for birds to fly in.

• The sky provided food for the people.

• The sky is only a backdrop for the sun and moon.

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What is the folktale mostly about?

• The sky is an important part of our environment.

• People learning to grow crops.

• How food was provided to people in the past.

• People would waste the food the sky provided.

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What was the purpose of the festival?

• to bring all the people in the kingdom together

• to celebrate the Oba

• to worship the sky and ask for forgiveness

• to eat delicious food and dance

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Which two ways does Adese try to solve her problem?

• goes to the Oba to help direct her on what to do

• hides the piece of sky in hopes the sky would not realize she wasted it

• tries to have her husband help finish the piece of sky

• tries to put the piece of sky back

• has her children woken up to help finish the piece of sky

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Which two ways did the actions of one person affect everyone?

• the food was no longer as good

• the sky went far away

• the people had to learn to grow their own food

• the people had nothing to eat

• the people lost the most important part of their environment

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How can you tell this is a folktale?

• it comes from the Nigeria culture and the characters learn a lesson

• it has heroes

• it could happen in real life

• it is told in sequence

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Which words best describes Adese?

• friendly and concerned

• kind and thoughtful

• greedy and selfish

• mean and unreliable

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