Tokoyo and the Sea Monster

How did Tokoyo and the villagers earn their liveihood?

• Planting flowers

• Teaching

• Diving for pearls

• Cooking

How old was Tokoyo on her birthday?

• 10

• 21

• 18

• 15

Tokoyo’s village made their livelihood diving for pearls. What is the meaning of "livelihood"?

• Money

• Home

• People

• Population

Tokoyo and the Sea Monster is a folktale about

• A fairytale

• A pearl diver named Tokoyo

• Going to school

• Talking animals

Why did Tokoyo feel like an orphan?

• She had no family

• Her parents were in jail

• She ran away from home

• Her mother died and her father was banished to Oki

Why was Tokoyo's father banished from the island?

• Because he wanted to get away

• He made fun of the emperor's sickness

• He stole from the emperor

• He was mean to Tokoyo

On her fifteenth birthday what did Tokoyo do?

• She left her village and set off for Oki to see her father.

• She had a Quinceanera

• She received an iPhone 10

• She sent her father a letter.

"They told her that the girl cowering before them had been chosen as the sea god’s victim and was about to be thrown into the sea." What is the meaning of cowering?

• Singing

• Dancing

• Trembling in fear.

• Crying

Who cast a spell on the emperor, causing his many ailments?

• A witch doctor

• The evil sea god

• Tokoyo's father

• The pearl divers

What caused the emperor’s symptoms to disappear?

• His doctors gave him medicine

• The girl in white was sacrificed

• Tokoyo's father returned

• Tokoyo slayed the evil sea god