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Background Information
Vocab
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What is the animal in the story?
tiger
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What was Fatima doing when she saw the tiger?
bathing
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What culture is the story?
Malaysian
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What is a peninsula?
A piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water
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What is deforestation?
To cut down and clear away the trees or forests from.
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What is the name of the woman who confronts the tiger?
Fatima
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How did Fatima escape from the tiger?
She dove underwater and swam towards the village.
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Who wrote "The Tiger?
S. Rajaratnam
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What is a group of lions called?
pride
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A ship designed to transport liquids in bulk is called...?
tankers
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Who is the person that kills the tiger?
Mamood
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Why did the tiger not kill Fatima?
Because she was protecting her cubs
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Where is the setting of the story?
Malay Peninsula
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What is a lalang?
a kind of very tall, thick grass
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What is a headman?
The chief man especially of a tribal or traditional village
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What was the tiger protecting?
her baby cubs
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How many tiger cubs did the tiger have?
3 cubs
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What island city-state in Southeast Asia is a major banking and trade center?
Singapore
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What is a sarong?
a simple wraparound dress or skirt
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What god did the villagers pray to?
Allah
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Who exagerates Fatima's story to the whole village?
Fatima's mother
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How many men went out to hunt the tiger?
13 men
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Much of Malaysia is what (type of environment)?
rainforest
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What is kampongs?
Small isolated villages that dot the countryside
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What's stronger than human reasoning?
Bonds that exist in nature
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