Exercises for The Hunter’s Wife
A. How much did you understand?
In this story, everyone has a different reason for his or her actions.
Find the best ending to these sentences from the list below, to show everyone's reasons for their actions.
- Boreto sent his uncle to Kirdali's father because……
- Kirdali's father gave her to Boreto because……
- Kirdali couldn't give her father any food because……
- Kirdali's neighbour gave her some meat because……
- The neighbour threw stones on to the roof of Kirdali's house because……
- "The first fool is my husband," said Kirdali, "because……"
- "The second fool is my father," said Kirdali, "because……"
- "The third fool is the man outside," said Kirdali, "because……"
- "I am a very lucky man," said Boreto, "because……"
- ……he wanted Kirdali to come out of the hut.
- ……he wanted to marry Kirdali.
- ……Boreto gave him all his camels, cows, sheep and goats.
- ……my wife is beautiful, but she is clever too."
- ……there was nothing in the pot.
- ……he thinks I'm going to meet him at the well."
- ……he took everything from his daughter's husband."
- ……he gave my father everything he had."
- ……she agreed to meet him at the well.
B. Find the right words
Fill in the gaps in these sentences from the list of words below.
- Kirdali's family was ……
- Boreto was …… because he had many camels, cows, sheep and goats.
- Kirdali filled her …… with water ready for the meat.
- A neighbour passed Kirdali's hut with a …… on his shoulder.
- Kirdali's husband came home with a ……
- Kirdali cooked the …… and gave it to the two men.
- The man outside threw a …… on to the roof of the hut.
- "It's the ……," said Kirdali's father.
- Kirdali's father was ……
pot, bushbuck, ashamed, rich, stone, poor, zebra, wind, meat
C. What do you think?
Did you think this story was funny? Did you expect it to end like this?
Was Kirdali right to take the neighbour's bushbuck?
Was she right to agree to meet him at the well?
Some people are surprised when women are both beautiful and clever . Why?
D. Acting
This story can make a good play.
If you act it well, you can make your friends laugh.
