Example Questions in the Classroom

Where is this story?

What’s the name of this strong man?

What is Haller Park?

What’s the hippo’s name?

Do you know why he was feeling stress?

The brave man said, “Catching him was very hard!”

Do you know why it was not easy?

  “That’s a hippo over there. What is he doing there?” ― a Kenyan villager shouted. A baby hippo was alone on the beach. He was trapped in the seaweed.

  Soon, hundreds of people were at the beach. Many of them worked all day on the rescue. But he resisted violently, and catching him was very hard. Finally, one brave man caught him.

  “Let’s take him to a safe place!” some people said. So they took him to Haller Park, an animal sanctuary. They named the hippo “Owen” after the brave man.

  Owen was safe in the park, but he was under stress. Hippos live in groups. Baby hippos learn everything from their elders. The park staff wondered, “Can he survive alone?”