The Girl Who Befriended the Baobab — Questions and answers
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What are Jabari and Amara looking at on the horizon?
Choices
- The Great Baobab ✓
- A huge mountain
- A fast river
- A new house
Answer: The Great Baobab
From page 1
According to Old Man Tembo, how can Amara listen with her heart?
Choices
- By singing a loud song
- By closing her eyes and imagining stories ✓
- By running around the Baobab tree
- By holding the seed tightly
Answer: By closing her eyes and imagining stories
From page 3
What was Jabari worried about when Amara suggested they try to hear the songs?
Choices
- It would be too dark outside
- They might not be good enough to hear the songs ✓
- Old Man Tembo would be angry with them
- They would lose the baobab seeds
Answer: They might not be good enough to hear the songs
From page 4
What happened to the locusts when Amara and Jabari sang the Baobab's ancient song?
Choices
- They started to dance joyfully.
- They became confused and flew away. ✓
- They grew bigger and stronger.
- They stopped moving completely.
Answer: They became confused and flew away.
From page 8
What does Amara say the Baobab's song reminds them of?
Choices
- How to grow tall like a tree.
- That they are all connected. ✓
- How to find more seeds.
- The fastest way to run.
Answer: That they are all connected.
From page 9
What did Old Man Tembo say Amara and Jabari had shown?
Choices
- How to climb the Baobab tree.
- How to find the oldest stories.
- That even the smallest seed has great power when shared. ✓
- How to make the Baobab grow faster.
Answer: That even the smallest seed has great power when shared.
From page 10