Question 1 Report
Ka àwọn ayokà isàlè yil, ki o si dáhún àwọn ibéèrè tí ó tèlé won.
Nínú abúlé aláàánú kan tí ó wà láàárín àwọn òkè aláwo ewé, ìșẹ̀lẹ̀ abàmì kan șẹlẹ̀ tí ó yà àwọn àgbàlagbà abúlé lénu. Ní gbogbo òwúrọ̀, àwọn ará
abúlé máa ń jí láti rí pé ọgbà wọn ti bàjẹ́, oúnjẹ wọn sì dínkù láìníye. Ní ìbẹ̀rẹ̀, wọ́n fi ẹ̀sùn kàn àwọn ẹranko igbó. Sùgbọ́n ọdẹ abúlé sọ pé kò sí ipa ẹsẹ̀
kankan tí wọ́n rí láti fihàn pé ẹranko ni . Olórí abúlé pè gbogbo ènìyàn jọ, ó sì dá ẹgbẹ figilanté tó máa ń sọ́ alẹ́ sílẹ̀.
Àwọn tó yá ara wọn sílẹ̀ fún isé yí mú atupa àti ọpá, wọ́n jókòó nínú òkùnkùn. ọ̀pọ̀ alẹ́ ni kò sí ìșẹ̀lẹ̀ kankan. Șùgbọ́n ní alẹ́ karùn-ún, nígbà tí òșùpá ń
tan lójú ọ̀run, won gbo kìkún légbeé abà èlùbọ̀ olórí abúlé. Wọn sare lọ, wọ́n sì rí àwọn ọmọkùnrin àti ọmọbìnrin kan láti abúlé kejì, tí wọ́n ń sa lọ
Ní ọjọ kejì, àwọn àgbàlagbà abúlé lọ sí abúlé yẹn láti bá wọn sọrọ. Ó hàn kedere pé àwọn ọmọ yìí jẹ aláìní, tí ìkànlù omi burúkú kan ti run gbogbo
pẹ̀lú oúnjẹ tí wọ́n jí.
ọgbà wọn. Kódà, ó jẹ́ pé wọ́n ń jì oúnjẹ kí wọ́n lè yè. Eleyi jẹ̀ ohun ti o bani lọkan jẹ̀, wọn si pinnu láti fi oúnjẹ tí wọ́n ní kù fún wọn dipo ìjíyà. Láti ọjọ́
yẹn lọ, ìbáșepọ̀ àti àjọșe dájú láàárín àwọn abúlé méjèèjì.
Kí ni akori pàtàkì tí ìtàn náà ńi tabi ori oro ti a le fun itan naa?
This question asks for the central idea that ties the whole passage together, which is different from asking about any single event in it.
The passage moves through suspicion, a night watch, the discovery that hungry children were taking food because a flood had destroyed their village's farmland, and finally the elders choosing to share food and forgive rather than punish. Every stage of the story builds toward that final act of understanding and the lasting friendship it produces between the two villages.
A title or theme has to capture that overall movement, not just one part of it. Focusing only on the flood's damage, or only on the idea of judgement and punishment, or only on the importance of guarding the village leaves out the story's real point, which is that mercy and human connection grew out of a difficult situation. That is why compassion and relationship-building between people is the theme that best fits the whole narrative.
For "what is this passage really about" questions, test each option against the ending of the passage, since the theme is usually what the resolution demonstrates.
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