Pre-Test
A STORY-A STORY AN AFRICAN TALE RETOLD AND ILLUSTRATED BY BAIL E. HALEY
Many African ____1______ whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the “spider man,” are called, “Spider Stories.” This book is about _____2_____that came to be.
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1) a. clothes b. dreams c. stories d. flutes e. novels
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2) a. when b. for c. after d. how e. under
The African ____3______ begins: “We do not really mean, we do not really mean what we are about to say is true. A Story, _____4_____; let it come, let it go.”
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3) a. musician b. mechanic c. storyteller d. mortician e. mother
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4) a. a story b. a play c. a trick d. a treat e. a plot
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And it tells that long, long ____5______ there were no stories on earth for children to hear. All stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. Ananse, the ____6______ man, wanted to buy some of these stories, so he spun a web up to the sky and went up to bargain with the _____7_____ God. The price the Sky God asked was Osebo, the leopard of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet who-stings-like-fire, and Mmoatia the fairy whom-men-never-see. How Ananse _____8_____ the price is told in a graceful and clever text, with forceful., lovely woodcut illustrations.
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5) a. ago b. agog c. areas d. apart e. away
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6) a. rat b. spider c. repo d. spindle e. raven
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7) a. ocean b. earth c. planet d. sky e. ground
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8) a. cost b. sold c. paid d. paired e. stole