Anansi the Spider — Questions and answers

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Who owned all the stories in the world a long time ago, according to the tale of Anansi the Spider?

Choices

  1. The people in the village
  2. Anansi's wife
  3. Kwaku Anansi
  4. Nyame the Sky God ✓

Answer: Nyame the Sky God

From page 1

In the story of Anansi the Spider, what was one of the four things Nyame the Sky God asked Anansi to bring him in exchange for the stories?

Choices

  1. A wooden box
  2. A long canoe
  3. Onini the python ✓
  4. A golden stool

Answer: Onini the python

From page 2

How did Anansi trick Onini the python into letting himself be tied to a palm branch?

Choices

  1. Anansi offered the python a bundle of strong creeper vine.
  2. Anansi challenged the python to a race along the river bank.
  3. Anansi said his wife thought the palm branch was longer than the python and wanted to measure. ✓
  4. Anansi promised the python a large meal if he cooperated.

Answer: Anansi said his wife thought the palm branch was longer than the python and wanted to measure.

From page 3

How did Anansi trick the Mmoboro hornets into flying into his calabash?

Choices

  1. He told them the rains had come early and offered his calabash as shelter. ✓
  2. He offered them a large banana leaf to build a new nest.
  3. He promised them sweet water from his calabash.
  4. He pretended to be a bird looking for a place to hide.

Answer: He told them the rains had come early and offered his calabash as shelter.

From page 4

How did Anansi trick Osebo the leopard?

Choices

  1. Anansi offered the leopard a rope to pull himself out of the pit.
  2. Anansi pretended to be a lost cub and asked for help.
  3. Anansi challenged the leopard to a climbing contest up a tall tree.
  4. Anansi dug a deep pit on the leopard's path and then offered to help him out with a bent tree. ✓

Answer: Anansi dug a deep pit on the leopard's path and then offered to help him out with a bent tree.

From page 5

How did Anansi trick Mmoatia the forest fairy?

Choices

  1. He offered her a beautiful flower that had sticky sap.
  2. He challenged her to a game of hide-and-seek in the clearing.
  3. He used a sticky wooden doll and mashed yams to make her hands and feet stick. ✓
  4. He hid in the bushes and called out to her in a strange voice.

Answer: He used a sticky wooden doll and mashed yams to make her hands and feet stick.

From page 6

What did Anansi take with him up the thread to Nyame the Sky God?

Choices

  1. A palm branch, a calabash, a banana leaf, and a wooden doll
  2. A python, hornets, a leopard, and a fairy ✓
  3. Four different kinds of fruit and nuts
  4. A bundle of vines, mashed yams, and a rope

Answer: A python, hornets, a leopard, and a fairy

From page 7

What did Nyame the Sky God say after Anansi brought him the four creatures?

Choices

  1. He said that a spider had paid the price for the stories when great men and armies had not. ✓
  2. He said that the court of Heaven had been wrong to laugh at Anansi.
  3. He said that Anansi had cheated and would not get the stories.
  4. He said that Anansi could only have one story, not all of them.

Answer: He said that a spider had paid the price for the stories when great men and armies had not.

From page 8

In the tale of Anansi the Spider, what did Anansi do with the box of stories when he was above his village?

Choices

  1. He decided to keep the box of stories for himself.
  2. He took the box directly to his house to hide it.
  3. He gave the box to the birds to carry to the village.
  4. He opened the lid and let the stories go everywhere. ✓

Answer: He opened the lid and let the stories go everywhere.

From page 9

What are stories called in the Ashanti country to this day, because of Anansi the Spider?

Choices

  1. Anansesem ✓
  2. Forest stories
  3. Sky God's tales
  4. Wondertales

Answer: Anansesem

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