Question

On one of the upper branches of the Congo River in Africa, lived an ancient family of
hippopotamuses, which boasted a pedigree dating back beyond the days of Noah-beyond the existence of
munkind-far into the dim ages when the world was new. They had always lived upon the banks of this
same river so that every curve and sweep of its waters, every pit and shallow of 5 its bed, every rock and
stump and wallow upon its bank was as familiar to them as their own mothers. Not long ago, the
this tribe of hippopotamuses had a child which she named Keo because it was so fat and round Keo was
the jolliest hippopotamus that ancient family had ever known His little red eyes were forever twinkling
with fun, and he laughed often, whether there was anything to laugh at or not.
Therefore the black people who dwelt in that region called him "Ippi", the jolly one, although
they dared not come near him on account of his fierce mother, and his equally fiere uncles and aunts and
cousins, who lived in a vast colony upon the river bank While these black people, who lived in little
villages scattered among the trees, dared not openly attack the royal family of hippopotamuses, they were
amazingly fond of eating hippopotamus meat whenever they could get it. This was no secret to the
hippopotamuses. And, again, when the blacks managed to catch these animals alive, they had a trick of
riding them through the jungles as if they were horses, thus reducing them to a condition of slavery.
Whenever the hippopotamuses smelled the oily odour of people, they were accustomed to charge
upon them furiously, and if by chance they overtook one of the enemies they would rip him with their
sharp tusks or stamp him into the earth with their huge feet. It was continual warfare between the
hippopotamuses and the black people. Goule lived in one of the little villages of the blacks. He was much
attached to the idea of capturing the hippopotamuses and frequently considered many ways to catch them.
Once, he set about digging a great pit in the ground, midway between two sharp curves of the river,
When the pit was finished he covered it over with small branches of trees, and strewed earth upon
them, smoothing the surface so artfully that no one would suspect there was a big hole underneath. Then
Gouie laughed softly to himself and went home to supper. That evening the queen said to Keo, "I wish
you'd run across the bend and ask your Uncle Nikki to come here. I have found a strange plant and want
him to tell me if it is good to eat." The jolly one laughed heartily as he started upon his errand for he felt
us important as a boy does when he is sent for the first time to the grocery shop at the corner to buy a
pound of sugar.
Answer the following questions based on the reading passage.
1. Where did this story take place?
2. Why was Keo nicknamed "ippi"?
3. Which three-word phrase in Paragraph 2 has the same meaning as the phrase "due to"?
4. What does This'in paragraph 3 refer to?
5. How did the hippopotamuses react towards the villagers?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1)This story is taking place in the upper branches of congo river in africa..

2)Keo nicknamed as "ippi" because he is

jolliest one..He has a little red eyes were forever twinkling with fun,and he laughed often..

3)Account of his