The First Well

A. Listen to the audio by clicking the link
The First Well

B. Answer the following questions after you listened to the audio.

1. Why did the people go the king?
a. they do not have food
b. they do not have water
c. their is no rain

2.  Who are complaining
a. parents and children
b. farmer and fisherman
c. all of the above

3. Whom did the king send to look for water?
a. his soldiers
b. his generals
c. his slaves

4. Where did  the third general go?
a. west
b. east
c. north

5.  How many generals returned empty-handed?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3

6. What did the old woman tell the general to do?
a. go home
b. take some ice from the cave
c. go to the river

7.What happened to the ice?
a. it melted
b. it burned
c. it crashed

8. Why did the farmers dug deeper and deeper?
a. they were looking for the ice
b. they were looking for a food
c. they were looking for a treasure

9. When the king came to check the farmers, what did he see?
a. water
b. food
c. treasure

10. What is the meaning of the well in the story?
a. a deep hole with water
b. a deep hole with food
c. a deep hole with treasure