Saturday, December 12, 2015

The Golden Sandal by Rebecca Hickox

Book: The Golden Sandal
Author: Rebecca Hickox
ISBN: 978-0-8234-1331-7
U-$1.00-B-0.006065-BE-165

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Comments:  I haven't heard this Cinderella story before.  It is a Middle Eastern Cinderella Story.  Nice story......

Questions

1. What was the name of the fisherman's daughter?
2. How did Maha's stepmother act towards Maha after marrying Maha's father?
3. Who told Maha to spare a life?
4. Why did Maha's father ask for the red fish?
5. Why did Maha's mother send her looking for a fish?
6. How many fish was Maha supposed to take home?
7. What did the fish give Maha?
8. How did Maha's stepsister's personality grow?
9. Who was to be married one day?
10. Why was this a time of great excitement among the unmarried girls?
11. Who did the fish tell Maha to sit next to?
12. What appeared on the grass of the river bank?
13. Why did the women at the Merchant's home think Maha came from an important family?
14. What did Maha lose as she ran home?
15. What was the bride's brother's name?
16. Why did the horse refuse to drink water?
17. Why was Tariq intrigued by the sandal?
18. Why would Tariq want to marry someone he hasn't seen?
19. Where did Tariq's mother go looking for the owner of the sandal?
20. How many days did it take Tariq's mother to find Maha?
21. In how many days will the wedding procession come for Maha?
22. Why would Maha's stepmother go to perfumer and ask him to make an oil which would smell as foul as rotting fish?
23. Why would Tariq's brother ask for Maha's sister's hand?
24. What happened to Maha's sister when her mother used the reeking mixture on her hair?
25. Did Maha's sister marry?
26. How many children did Tariq and Maha have?
27. How did the story end?

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