The Boy Who Harnessed the wind Chapter 7
Authored by William Lindner
English
5th - 6th Grade
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This quiz focuses on Chapter 7 of "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind," assessing students' reading comprehension and recall of specific details from this nonfiction memoir. Designed for 5th and 6th grade students, the questions require literal comprehension skills as students identify key facts about the famine crisis in Malawi, including the desperate measures people took for survival, government organizations involved in food distribution, and specific character experiences. Students need strong attention to detail and the ability to locate and remember explicit information from the text. The questions cover critical elements of the chapter including economic hardship (expensive maize mixed with sawdust), survival tactics (eating pumpkin leaves and contaminated seeds), population statistics, and character development through Geoffrey's experience finding maize and William's classroom interactions. Created by William Lindner, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 5 and 6. This quiz serves as an excellent formative assessment tool to gauge student comprehension before moving to deeper analysis of the memoir's themes. Teachers can implement this as a chapter check during guided reading sessions, assign it as independent practice after silent reading, or use it as a warm-up activity to review previous reading before introducing new chapters. The quiz works particularly well for homework assignments, allowing students to return to the text to verify their answers and strengthen their close reading skills. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards RL.5.1 and RL.6.1, which require students to quote accurately from text and cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text explicitly states, as well as RI.5.1 and RI.6.1 for informational text comprehension skills essential for understanding this biographical work.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
When maize became very expensive, what did traders start mixing with it?
sawdust
grass
sugar
salt
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RL.5.10
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.10
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What was the Malawi government agricultural organization?
Malawi Food Bank
United Nations-Malawi Food Cooperative
Famine Response Initiative
ADMARC
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.3.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Approximately how many people lived in Malawi?
One million
500,000
six and one half million
Eleven million
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
After the gaga ran out, what did the people start eating?
ants
rice
pumpkin leaves
rabbits
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RL.5.10
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.10
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
When the people started eating the seeds, what made them sick?
Fertilizer
Insecticide
Dirt
Insects
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.1
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.6.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What "good luck" did Geoffrey experience?
He found some money.
He picked up a sack of maize on the road.
A tree in his yard was struck by lightning.
He found a new job.
Tags
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What was the name of William's teacher?
Mr. Lindner
Mr. Magoo
Mr. Phiri
Dr. Seuss
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RI.K.6
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.K.6
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