Exercises for The Father's Plan
A. How much did you understand?
In this story, people do things for different reasons. These sentences retell the story. Finish them using the endings below, to show the reasons for what people did.
- Obang was happy to see his friend because……
- Obang was worried about his family because……
- Obang's wives and children were crying because……
- Obang's son ran towards the crowd because……
- Obang's son said goodbye to his friends because……
- Obang's wives and children were happy because……
- Obang's friend smiled because……
- ……Obang's son had worked hard, built huts, and filled the stores with food.
- ……the old man’s huts and his foodstore were burning.
- ……he needed to start work.
- ……he saw that Obang's plan had been a good one.
- ……he wanted his friend to help him.
- ……he heard the noise.
- ……his son went out every day with his friends and did not work.
B. Who, whose, what, when?
Answer these questions.
- When Obang lay in his hut alone, who was outside?
- Whose voice did Obang hear?
- What did Obang ask his friend to burn?
- After Obang died, people smelled something. What did they smell?
- What was burning?
- When did Obang’s son start work every morning?
C. What do you think?
Was Obang right to ask his friend to burn his huts and his foodstores?
Was Obang's friend right to do what Obang wanted?
Was there any other way for Obang's son to learn how to work?
