How Night Came from the Sea Name ____________________
Comprehension Questions
Read the following questions and answer them in your reading notebook in COMPLETE SENTENCES.
1. What was said to have “gleamed” from the backs of the alligators wading at the edge of the sea? (320)
2. What was it about the light that started to hurt Iemanja’s daughter’s heart and eyes? (322)
3. How did Iemanja’s daughter describe “night”? (323)
4. What did the goddess send back with the three servants? (325)
5. Why did the goddess tell the servants not to open the bag? (325)
6. What was inside of the bag? (326)
7. According to the story, what happens every morning at sunrise in Brazil? (330-331)
8. What do the people of the earth do when the beasts and birds and insects of the night begin to song their gentle chorus?
Vocabulary – Rewrite the sentences and fill in the blanks with a vocabulary word from the story.
1. A ______________ star is easy to see in the sky because it shines so brightly.
2. If you hear a ______________ of people you are hearing a group all speaking or singing at once.
3. Sand _________________ in the sunlight.
4. You have to be brave and not be a ________________ if you travel through dangerous lands.
Generalizations. Read the following statements and write the “clue” word that shows it is a generalization.
_____________ 1. Sunlight always filled the sky because night did not exist.
_____________ 2. The sight of the workers often made Iemanja’s duaghter’s heart hurt.
______________ 3. Iemanja’s husband would always listen to her great sorrow.
______________ 4. Usually the servants did as they were told, but fear led the astray.
______________ 5. Most of the people of Brazil loved the peacefulness of the night.