Year After Year, Grave After Grave

Year After Year, Grave After Grave

Answer: 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14

Multiple Select

1. Why does Niger occupy the bottom of the list in the latest UN Human Development Report? (Choose that apply)

• It has the greatest number of poor people

• It has the highest number of illiterate people

• The number of deaths surpasses any other in the 176 nations

• They are the worst at football.

Multiple Choice

2. Who does the writer hold accountable/responsible for the dire/bad situation in Niger?

• The people of Niger

• International aid system

• The USA

• African countries

Multiple Choice

3. When would the dire situation in Niger end?

• No end in the near future

• In a few years

• When the fat lady sings

• When other countries intervene

Multiple Choice

3. When would the dire situation in Niger end?

• No end in the near future

• In a few years

• When the fat lady sings

• When other countries intervene

Multiple Choice

1. The green revolution supplies farmers all over the world with modern seeds and methods to enhance agricultural output.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

2. Food scarcity in Niger has led farmers to apply the old techniques in cultivation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

3. The amount of fertilizer applied per hectare is what makes agricultural productivity higher in some countries compared to others.

• True

• False

A.

Scan paragraphs 7, 8, and 9 for words that replace the underlined ones. Make the necessary changes.

1. African farmers hope to utilize modern techniques to increase agricultural output.

Multiple Choice

1.

• irrigation

• exploit

• depleted

• implements

• industrialized

2. frequent watering leads to shallow root systems and high water loss through evaporation.

Multiple Choice

2.

• irrigation

• exploit

• implements

• depleted

3. Gardeners need tools such as spades, gardening forks, and pruning shears.

Multiple Choice

3.

• exploit

• industrialized

• implements

4. The bereaved mother paced, shouted, and pounded the walls until her body was exhausted of energy.

Multiple Choice

4.

• irrigation

• depleted

• industrialized

5. France is a developed nation that assists farmers in the developing world.

Multiple Choice

5.

• developing

• industrialized

• 3rd world

• Karen

B.

Identify the referents to the words in blue.

1. continent (paragraph 3)

Fill in the Blank

1.

2. our (paragraph 4)

Fill in the Blank

2.

3. it (paragraph 8)

Fill in the Blank

3.

4. reason (paragraph 9)

Fill in the Blank

4.

5. that (paragraph 10)

Fill in the Blank

5.

C.

Paraphrase the sentences, reproduced from the text.

Open Ended

1. It is difficult for Western readers who are dieting to comprehend people who are starving. (paragraph 3)

Open Ended

2. A major reason is that the soil has been depleted of nutrients. (paragraph 9)

Open Ended

3. It is the wall paper. (paragraph 10)

D.

Write the number of the paragraph that matches each heading.

1. "Death Looming Over Niger's Innocent Souls" is a title for which pargaraph?

Multiple Choice

1.

• Paragraph 4

• Paragraph 5

2. "Absence of Agricultural Sustainability" is a title for which paragraph?

Multiple Choice

2.

• paragraph 6

• paragraph 7

• paragraph 8

• paragraph 9

3. "Land of the Poorest of the Poor" is a title for which paragraph?

Multiple Choice

3.

• paragraph 1

• paragraph 2

• paragraph 3

4. "Irrational International Aid behind Starvation" is a title for which paragraph?

Multiple Choice

4.

• paragraph 6

• paragraph 8

• paragraph 9

E.

Read the sentence carefully, and then determine which paragraph it completes.

"None had seen a doctor; in Niger, there is one doctor for every 33,000 people."

Multiple Choice

E. The sentence completes paragraph...

• 1

• 2

• 3

F. The table below displays population figures - in millions - in both Niger and Japan.

Examine the figures carefully, and then answer the questions.

1. Describe the trend of population growth in each country.

2. In the light of what you have read in the text, what is the impact of population growth on the development of Niger?

G.

Answer the questions in complete sentences, using your own words.

1. In reference to paragraph 4, what is the practical approach to prevent hunger-related deaths?

Open Ended

1. In reference to paragraph 4, what is the practical approach to prevent hunger-related deaths?

2. In reference to paragraph 7, how much informed about their trade are the villagers?

Open Ended

2. In reference to paragraph 7, how much informed about their trade are the villagers?

3. Identify the environmental challenge the writer underscores in paragraph 9, stating its effect on Niger.

Open Ended

3. Identify the environmental challenge the writer underscores in paragraph 9, stating its effect on Niger.

H.

Think critically, and then answer the questions.

1. How does the writer introduce the text?

Multiple Choice

1. How does the writer introduce the text?

• he uses an anecdote

• he uses facts and examples

• he uses statistics

Multiple Choice

1.1 What is the significance of such a technique?

• tell a story

• credibility

• for fun

2. Identify the thematic relation between paragraphs 3 and 4.

2. Identify the thematic relation between paragraphs 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice

2. Identify the thematic relation between paragraphs 3 and 4.

• statement and support

• exemplification

• cause and effect

• addition

3. Identify the analogy presented in paragraph 4, and the situational irony it conveys.

Multiple Choice

3.

• comparing giving aid to starving people to helping people who fall into manholes

• comparing poverty to starvation

• comparing Niger to a third world country

4. In reference to paragraph 5, describe the attitude/tone of Dunn.

Open Ended

4. What is the attitude/tone of Dunn? Use an adjective.

Open Ended

5. How does the writer achieve objectivity?