1. Mrs. Kercher Comprehension Questions Key

2.  1.Ombure is a great crocodile chief, chief of the forests and waters, on whom life and prosperity of the Fan people depend. 2.Ombure demands male and female human sacrifices. 3.The Fan chief provides sacrifices as long as he can, and when he can no longer do this, he attempts to escape from Ombure by moving his village. Comprehension Questions

3.  4.His fetish advises him, which is an object with magical protective power. 5.He is told to build a new village by a great lake. 6.First, Ombure commands the forest to show him the path taken by the Fan people. Then, he commands the Fan chief’s fetish to advise the chief to settle by a particular large lake. Comprehension Questions

4.  7.When the Fan people celebrate, Ombure emerges from the lake and kills the old Fan chief. 8.Ombure commands Spirit of the Storm to stop the Fan people in the forest and leave them no alternative but to return to their village by the lake. 9.He refuses to accept the daughter of the old Fan chief. 10.The daughter of the old Fan chief is the mother of the Son-of-the-Crocodile. Comprehension Questions

5.  11.He plans to kill Ombure. 12.He plans to accomplish this by making palm wine from the sap of the sacred palm tree and making Ombure drunk. 13.When he uses his weapons Ombure’s scales protect him from them. The weapons bounce off of his hide. 14.His mother gives him her fetish, which has power over Spirit of Lightening. Comprehension Questions

6.  15.The Spirit of Lightning kills Ombure. 16.Ombure is sleeping because he drank the palm wine, which made him drunk. 17.The Fan people dance a great funeral dance around Ombure’s corpse. They do this because they believe he was a great protector as well as a great enemy. This ritual demonstrates their respect for him in death as well as in life. 18.He teaches them to make boats from hollowed-out tree trunks so they can travel by water and trade with others. Comprehension Questions