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THE THREE GIFTS STORY

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  • What does Ada want to do?
    She wants to travel to other places and do what she can to help others.
  • How did Jelani assist the village who has horses?
    He gave them some sacks of millet.
  • What is the title/name of the story?
    The Three Gifts
  • What did groups of people in other villages do instead of cooperating with each other?
    They fought fiercely with each other.
  • Who did Jelani brought with them in their visit to their family?
    They brought many of his advisors.
  • What did people from different villages do to help rebuild houses for Ada's village?
    They helped get supplies and build a large tent for them to live in until the new houses are ready.
  • What was the problem in Sekou's village?
    The harsh sun. Many people in the village do not have the right clothing to protect them.
  • How did Jelani assist the people in Sekou's village?
    They left behind all the extra clothing they had.
  • What did Sekou show Jelani and Kofi?
    He showed them the well he had helped to dig.
  • Why were the homes destroyed in Ada's village?
    They had a terrible mudslide.
  • Who are the characters in the story?
    Jelani, Ada, Kofi, Sekou and their siblings, people from the villages, advisors.
  • Who is Kofi's older brother?
    Sekou.
  • Who is Jelani's oldest daughter?
    Ada.
  • What did Ada do when she finished school?
    She went to other villages where she worked hard to help people.
  • What did Kofi, Jelani, Ada and the advisors do for the people in Ada's village?
    They rebuilt people's houses.
  • Why were the horses' health was poor?
    Because the people in the village can't grow the right grains for the horses.
  • Why were people in some villages in Africa hungry?
    People in some villages in Africa were hungry because crops did not grow well and trees bore no fruit.
  • Who is the youngest son of Jelani?
    Kofi.
  • How many children does Jelani have?
    He has seven children-three daughters and four sons.
  • What virtue does all of Jelani's children share?
    The virtue of caring for others.
  • What kind of leader was Jelani in Africa?
    He was a just leader and cared about his people very much.