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1. 1.

   Match the words with their meanings:

   a. billowed	strong underground prisons
   b. dungeons	felt awkward
   c. embarrassment	alarmed
   d. panicking	spoke in a high pitched voice
   e. squeaked	filled with air and swelled out

    

2. 2.

   There are six words in the chapter which suggest movement of some sort. Study the new words and write any five of them along with their meanings.

3. 3.

   Make sentences of your own with the following words:

   billowed; chattering; embarrassment; gulped; panic

4. 4.

   Think and write a short paragraph in which 'teeth were chattering' and 'knees were knocking with fear' are a part of it.

5. 5.

   Quote the sentence from the story which proves that:

   1. Olokun was a powerful god.
   2. Olokun was the favourite god of the people.
   3. Olokun became bigheaded.
   4. Olokun felt insulted.
   5. Olokun felt ashamed.
6. 6.

   Circle the words which describe the servant:

   bold; nervous; afraid; quick thinker; cunning; confident; made us laugh; irritated us