1. Research diabetes. What causes diabetes? Can it be cured? How can you tell if you might have diabetes?

2. Research Liberia. What is the climate like? What do the inhabitants do for work? For play?

3. How do you learn to write in dialectic form?

4. The book places a lot of emphasis on trees. How many different kinds of trees live in your neighborhood?

5. How do trees help humans to live? 6. Research the customs of a foreign country. How do they differ from customs of the United States?

7. What is a folk tale? Make up a folk tale.