Vocabulary in Context
He is a coward. Coward means
A) a person who lacks courage
B) a person who has no talent
C) a person who is not honest
D) a person who makes bad choices
What is A) a person who lacks courage?
Janelle sang in the _________.
What is chorus?
What did the husband do to show his love for Iemanja's daughter?
A) He took his wife back to her home in the ocean.
B) He had a big celebration and invited many people.
C) He asked his servants to get some night.
D) He grew cocoa and sugarcane for her.
What is C) He asked his servants to get some night?
What is the world like at the beginning of the story?
What is the land is only daylight and the sea is only night (or dark)?
One servant opened the bag of night because he was afraid of the other servants' perspective of him. He didn't want them to think he was
A) dull
B) a rule follower
C) clumsy
D) a coward
What is D) a coward?
The water was shimmering. Shimmering means
A) swirling or spinning
B) sparkling or shining faintly
C) foaming or frothing
D) gurgling
What is B) sparkling or shining faintly?
He is a _________.
What is a coward?
At the end of the story, you can tell that Iemanja's daughter was grateful because she
A) made the cocoa and sugarcane grow in the fields.
B) opened the bag and released the night spirits.
C) gave three gifts to her husband's land.
D) thanked her mother for helping the earth people.
What is C) gave three gifts to her husband's land?
Which character decides to leave the sea and live on land?
Who is Iemanja's daughter?
At the end of the story, Iemanja's daughter gives 3 gifts to the land. This shows that she is
A) grateful for the gift of night.
B) guilty that she put others in harm's way.
C) afraid the others will not like night.
D) sad that she cannot go home.
What is A) grateful for the gift of night?
She has brilliant eyes. Brilliant means
A) cheerful
B) in a charming manner
C) ordinary-looking
D) shining brightly
What is D) shining brightly?
The crown __________ on the queen's head.
What is glemed?
Which of the following showed that Iemanja loved her daughter?
A) Iemanja made it very bright and hot on land.
B) Iemanja gave the servants a bag of night.
C) Iemanja had a festival with dancers in colorful costumes.
D) Iemanja demanded that her daughter return to the ocean.
What is B) Iemanja gave the servants a bag of night?
Which of these best describes the home where Iemanja lived?
A) in the thick, fluffy, white clouds.
B) in the quiet, dark, and calm ocean.
C) in a valley of a snowcapped mountain.
D) in a cave under the desert floor.
What is B) in the quiet, dark, and calm ocean?
From Iemanja's daughter's perspective, the servants were
A) clumsy because they had let the night spirits out before they had reached her.
B) annoying because they were frightened of harmless creatures.
C) cowardly because they wouldn't go into the sea to help her.
D) reckless because they had let the night spirits out before they had reached her.
What is D) reckless because they had let the night spirits out before they had reached her?
She has brilliant eyes. Brilliant means
A) cheerful attitude
B) charming attitude
C) ordinary-looking
D) shining brightly
What is D) shining brightly?
The water was _________.
What is shimmering?
What is one way that the goddess Iemanja and the husband were alike?
A) They both liked only the sun.
B) They both loved only the night.
C) They both loved Iemanja's daughter.
D) They had nothing in common.
What is C) They both loved Iemanja's daughter?
What is the land like?
A) The night air was soft and heavy with the perfume of flowers.
B) The light jumped from the tops of coconuts and gleamed from the backs of alligators.
C) It was full of sorrow and longing.
D) Starlight and moonbeams shone down from the skies where owls flew.
What is B) the light jumped from the tops of coconuts and gleamed from the backs of alligators?
From Iemanja's perspective, the servants were
A) brave young men that should receive a reward.
B) foolish to beg her for some night to take to her daughter when she would be more than willing to help comfort her daughter.
C) dangerous because they were from the land.
D) annoyed because they shouldn't have come begging her for anything.
What is B) foolish to beg her for some night to take to her daughter when she would be more than willing to help comfort her daughter?
Janelle sang in the chorus. Chorus means
A) a group of people playing a game
B) a group of people acting in a movie
C) a choir or group of people talking or singing together
D) a group of people performing amusical
What is C) a choir or group of people talking or singing together?
She has _________ eyes.
What is brilliant?
What was one detail that showed this story was a fantasy?
A) A woman came from her home in the ocean.
B) Workers were bent over in the fields all day.
C) Dancers wore colorful costumes at festivals.
D) The husband had three faithful servants.
What is A) A woman came from her home in the ocean?
What is the main problem of the story?
What is that Iemanja's daughter found sunlight to be too bright for her?
Iemanja's daughter's perspective on the daylight changed over the course of the story? How?
A) Iemanja thought that daylight was awful at the beginning of the story, but by the end of the story, she only wanted to live in the daylight.
B) Iemanja thought that night was awful at the beginning of the story, but by the end of the story, she only wanted to live in the night.
C) Iemanja thought that daylight was magical at the beginning of the story, but after some time, she grew weary and needed a little bit of night. She liked the light much better when there was darkness along with the daylight.
D) Iemanja thought that daylight was magical at the beginning of the story, but by the end of the story, she only wanted to live in the daylight.
What is C) Iemanja thought that daylight was magical at the beginning of the story, but after some time, she grew weary and needed a little bit of night. She liked the light much better when there was darkness along with the daylight?