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title: Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Books
description: The 21 test and exam questions of lesson 90 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1: the Eldest Magician and the sea that will not behave» of the books course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency t
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# Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1: the Eldest Magician and the sea that will not behave

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The 21 questions of lesson 90 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1: the Eldest Magician and the sea that will not behave» of the books course of Mova's primary school with their options, 115 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t1/) — Kofi: «the Magician saw the Crab run off but let him, no cap.» (no cap = honestly) Put it right. — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t2/) — Why does Pau Amma run off? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t3/) — «Is all the Sea obedient to you?» «No,» says the Man. What does the sea actually do, in real words? — right ✓ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t4/) — What would happen if the Man's house were on a hill? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t5/) — Which is TRUE about this part? — right ✓ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t6/) — Ella from Boston: «wicked cool that a beaver made the Everglades.» (wicked = very) What is the real story? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t7/) — Real life: how were the Himalayas made? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t8/) — Real life: was the Sahara always a desert? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t9/) — Real life: what are the dark patches on the Moon? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t10/) — Liam, little brother, shouting: «skibidi! the Rat ate the Moon!» (skibidi = a word kids shout for fun) What does the Rat really do in the story? — right ✓ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t11/) — Looking back: in the Armadillo story, who was told how to eat hedgehogs and tortoises? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t12/) — Looking back: in the Whale story, which spot in the sea is «Fifty North and Forty West»? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t13/) — Looking back: which earlier tale also explained how every animal of a kind got its look «from that day to this»? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t14/) — Looking back: Taffy and Tegumai lived on Merrow Down in Surrey. Where is this story set? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t15/) — ★★★ North, East, West, South. Which animal did the Magician visit THIRD? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t16/) — ★★★ The Cow's «bare patch» and «the place where she had sat down» became two deserts. Which went with which, in the story's order? — right ✓ · ★
- [t17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t17/) — ★★★ Careful: the Man says the sea comes up «once a day and once a night». How many times in one whole day and night does it come up the river? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/e1/) — Identify the creature which departed into the sea before receiving instruction as to its play. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/e2/) — Ascertain the geographical feature produced, according to the narrative, from the diggings of All-the-Elephant-there-was. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/e3/) — It is given that the Man complained of the Sea's conduct. Select the response most consistent with his complaint. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the formation of the Himalayas in the real world? — wrong ✗ · exam

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