I. General comprehension 1) The article is about a father who wants to stop Madonna adopting his child. 2) Name | Age | Profession | Relationship with other | Madonna | 50 | Pop star | David's Mother ; Wants to adopt Mercy | David | | | Madonna's adopted son | Mercy | 3 | | The girl whom Madonna wants to adopt | James Kambewa | 24 | Security guard | Claims to be Mercy's fat her | Peter Baneti | | | The brother of Mercy's mother | 3) Name of country | Geographic location | Malawi | The orphanage « Kondanani Children's Village » where Madonna found Mercy is in the southern of Bvumbwe ; Blantyre is the commercial capital of Malawi | II. Detailled comprehension 4) The name of Malawi's highest court is « Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal ». 5) True | False | | Justification | | ˟ | a. It's the first time Malawi justice has considered the legality of Madonna's adoption bid. | « The court said the rules were bent when Madonna adopted her son ». | ˟ | | b. It's the second time Madonna has tried to adopt a child in Malawi. | « Madonna adopted her son David from Malawi last year. » | | ˟ | c. David and Mercy grew up together. | « Mercy has been in an orphanage since the day she was born. » | ˟ | | d. Mercy has been separated from her mother almost all her life. | « her 14-years-old mother died a few weeks after giving birth to her. » | | ˟ | e. Mercy went to an orphanage because her family were too poor to look after her. | « the girl was put in the orphanage because there was no one to breast-feed the baby. » | 6) | Person | Legal aid | Side one | Madonna | Alan Chinula (Madonna's Malawian lawyer) | Side two | James Kambewa | Malawi Law Society | 7) Liz Rosenberg