The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind ch 6

Why did the hungry people who had turned to eating gaga start getting sick?

• Their bodies couldn't digest gaga.
• It had bugs in it.
• They started getting the flu
• Traders started mixing it with sawdust. 

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Why was William reprimanded by Mister Phiri on the first day of school?

• He had a stained shirt.
• He was talking out of turn.
• He had on sandals.
• He got into a fight.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

"This is what starving people look like, I thought. They look like ghosts."  
What type of figurative language is William using?

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Why does William not return to school at the end of chapter 6?

• He cannot afford it.
• He is too hungry.
• His has to work in the farm with his dad.
• There is disease that is spreading.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

Why was it lucky that lightning struck a tree in Geoffrey's yard?

• He was able to chop the wood into bundles and sell it as firewood to keep his family eating for a while.
• He was not injured
• The lightning powered the windmill.
• The lightning was followed by rain

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

Why did William go to the Kachokolo school?

• He liked science classes.

• He had low grades on his exams.

• His family could pay for his fees.

• He liked the school.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What was wrong with William's shirt?

• It wasn't clean because his family didn't have money for soap.

• It was ripped because he was playing with his friends.

• It was stained because he was playing with Khamaba.

• It was the wrong shirt for school because it was a T-shirt.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

How many students couldn't pay the school fees?

• 20

• 70

• 50

• 80

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7