LANGUAGE
SETTING
INFERENCES
MOHAMMED NASEEHU ALI
COMPREHENSION
100
The shop is built of "WAWA"
What is cheap wood easily infested by termites.
100
It is situated right in the NAVEL of ZONGO STREET.
What is the tea shop.
100
The reader can infer that Mallam Sile is not well respected in the village because
What is he REFUSES TO STAND UP FOR HIMSELF.
100
Mohammed Naseehu Ali was born in
What is Ghana, a country in western Africa.
100
In Mallam Sile's melancholy song, what is compared to a beautiful woman? (hint) it's not very romantic!
What is "an ELEPHANT'S meat."
200
This meal consists of "KOKO DA MASA"
What is the traditional breakfast.
200
Three BENCHES were situated for paying customers, but were mostly used by
What are the idle gossips.
200
The reader can conclude from inferences regarding his appearance, Mallam Sile feels
What is comfortable with his looks and height.
200
He came to the United States in 1988 at the age of
What is SIXTEEN.
200
The story is told by an omniscient third-person narrator and after building the new tea shop it goes to what point-of-view
What is THIRD PERSON LIMITED.
300
Mallam Sile understood several languages. ONE PARTICULAR LANGUAGE CALLED "SISAALA" is of importance. Why?
What is his native tongue/language in which he was fluent in.
300
What are the shop's PEAK HOURS
What is from 8:00pm to around MIDNIGHT.
300
Making "MEAGRE" wages and working as a "HOUSE SERVANT," draw a conclusion about his relationship with his parents
What is he was a DUTIFUL son. He loved his parents and sent money when he worked as a house servant, and later he paid for his parents' burial.What is
300
He graduated from Bennington College in what state
What is VERMONT.
300
To EXTRICATE something is to
What is liberate or release it from constraint.
400
The traditional "djellabah" and its matching "wando"
What is the traditional shirt and loose pair of slacks that are tied with strings at the waist.
400
Living conditions among the customers are described as "SHANTIES"; "BUG-RIDDEN GRASS MATTRESSES," What do these details mean in understanding the setting. (hint) Economy......
What is a very poor neighborhood and penny-pinching customers.
400
Mallam Sile believes he deserves love and can find it among his own people in the north. He is being judged by the size of his "knife" rather than
What is the size of his "HEART."
400
The roots of his writing are in what country
What is Ghana.
400
Sile demolishes his shop and moves his "PARAPHERNALIA" into the chief's palace. Can you define paraphernalia
What is necessary equipment or utensils.
500
They yelled "KALABILWALA! "
What are the rascals of Zongo Street.
500
They spread rumors that Sile is "CONSTRUCTING A MINI-MARKET," which creates "BAD BLOOD" between Sile and another shopkeeper.
What are the neighborhood residents.
500
The "RASCALS" cheat him, and he is "NEVER ANGERED BY SUCH PRANKS," based on his reactions, why is Mallam putting up with such pranks and teasing
What is he wants to avoid conflict, so he takes the abuse. OR: He can't let a person go hungry, he believes it is "HUNGER - AND NOT MISCHIEF"
500
New York City is of what significance to the author
What is now his home.
500
Mallam Sile's motivation for choosing Abeeba to be his wife is
What is she afforded him the stature and protection that he was lacking, "WITH THE GRACE AND CONFIDENCE OF A LIONESS."
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