Cinderella
Ye Xian
Frema's Footprints
The Runner's Sandals
Just Vocabulary
100

Her tears dropped into the fire ashes and magically turned into who? 

Who is the fairy godmother? 

100

Ye Xian's parents had died when she was just an infant, meaning this character treated her the worst and was the main antagonist. 

Who is the stepmother? 

100

The modern-day country where Frema's Footprints takes place. 

What is Ghana? 

100

Hualachi and other messengers carried around this to help them translate messages. 

What is a quipu? 

100

When you wear a suit and tie for a picnic. 

What is overdressed? 

200

Cinderella had to run away or risk turning into to this gourd. 

What is a pumpkin? 

200

Ye Xian's favorite hobby. 

What is embroidery? 

200

In Ghana, the Ashanti empire valued this quality above many others. 

What is being selfless to others? 

200

The king knows Hualachi disobeyed him so he did this...

What is banned him from being a messenger? 

200

A supernatural being that is believed to be real

What is a spirit? 

300

The prince was left holding this after Cinderella ran away.

What is a glass slipper? 

300

This character said: "Your stepmother has killed the fish, but go rescue its bones from the trash and bury them. Whatever you wish for, you only need to ask the bones and your wish will be granted." 

Who is the magical fish? 

300

Frema's brothers and sisters refused to do this. 

What are daily chores? 

300

Hualachi deserved these after doing a good deed. 

What are the magic sandals? 

300

To give something to someone usually because they earned it

What is grant? 

400

The main antagonist(s) in the story 

Who are the stepmother/stepsisters? 

400

A celebration or event that many people in a culture come to

What is a festival? 

400

This is the name of the type of dress Frema wore.  

What is a kente dress? 

400

The story says Hualachi's ______ still exist and are the fastest runners in the world. 

Who are his great grand-descendants 

400

You could store something for safekeeping 

What is stowed? 

500

The French writer who lived in the 1600s and rewrote many folk tales from different countries. 

Who is Charles Perrault? 

500

The reason the fish bones stopped granting wishes. 

What is the king's greed? 

500

Frema and the king chose to spread this acrosst their country. 

What is spread their wealth? 

500

The king was able to figure out whose sandals they were by making one of these. 

What is an inference? 

500

Turn determined into a noun

What is determination?