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A. How much did you understand?

In the first part of the story, Ahmed falls in love with a beautiful woman, and he asks her to meet him.

Are these sentences about the story true or false?

1. Ahmed was a holy man.
   False. Ahmed was really a trickster.
2. The beautiful woman was in love with Ahmed.
   False. The beautiful woman loved her husband.
3. The woman told her husband about Ahmed.
   True
4. The woman and her husband made a plan.
   True
5. The woman asked Ahmed to come to her house after his evening prayers.
   True

In the second part of the story, Ahmed goes to the woman's house.

Are these sentences about the story true or false?

1. Ahmed was happy because he thought that the woman loved him.
   True
2. When Ahmed went into the house, the woman's husband locked the door.
   False. The woman locked the door.
3. The woman was frightened when her husband knocked on the door.
   False. The woman expected her husband to knock on the door.
4. Ahmed put on a woman's dress and pulled a scarf over his face.
   True
5. A girl had come to help the woman, and she pounded all the maize.
   False. Ahmed pounded all the maize.

In the third part of the story, Ahmed goes home to his wife.

Are these sentences about the story true or false?

1. Ahmed's wife was angry with Ahmed because he was wearing a woman's dress.
   False. Ahmed's wife was not angry, but she was surprised.
2. While Ahmed and his friends were talking, the Evil One came and beat them.
   False. This was a story that Ahmed told his wife.
3. The next day, the woman invited Ahmed to come back to her house.
   True
4. Ahmed became the enemy of the husband and wife.
   False. Ahmed did not become the their enemy.

B. Who, what, where?

Find the right words in the story to fill in the gaps in these sentences.

1. Where did Ahmed work?
   At a well
2. Who did the woman send to the well to fetch the water for her?
   Her son
3. What was the woman wearing when she opened the door of her house to Ahmed?
   A beautiful dress
4. Where was the woman's husband hiding?
   Behind the house
5. When the woman's husband came into the house, what was he carrying?
   A sack of maize
6. What did the woman's husband give Ahmed when he had finished pounding the maize?
   Some money
7. Who was waiting for Ahmed when he went home?
   His wife