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A. How much did you understand?

The right order of these sentences is 1, 3, 2, 4

"We will not come with you. I want to take my wife to my relatives."

But the lion was hungry. He bit the camel's hump and ate a piece of it."

So Fatuma took off her dress, and threw it away.

The lion went away. Now Fatuma was alone.

The right order of these sentences is 7, 8, 5, 6

She took out a knife and cut off her little finger.

The snake, the leopard, the hyena and the baboon shook their heads.

"How can we cross the water and climb the tree?"

Then Fatuma took out her knife and cut the rope again.

B. Who is speaking?

Who said these sentences?

1. "One of us can ride on the camel. The other one must lead it."
   The lion
2. "What's the matter with the camel?"
   Fatuma
3. "Fatuma is not here! She has run away!"
   Fatuma's little finger
4. "We haven't seen her. We don't know."
   The snake, the leopard, the hyena and the baboon
5. "Please come down. My friends want to greet you."
   The lion
6. "Hold the rope, and I will pull you up."
   Fatuma
7. "She is our sister-in-law, the wife of our brother."
   The other animals/the snake, the leopard, the hyena, the baboon and the rat

C.  Questions with "what"

1. What did the lion bite?
   The camel's hump
2. The lion told Fatuma to throw away four things. What were they?
   Her black scarf, her bracelets and necklace, and her dress
3. Where did Fatuma put her little finger?
   In the mortar
4. What did Fatuma climb in the middle of the lake?
   A tree
5. What did Fatuma throw down to the lion?
   A rope